contact autocomplete is poorly designed

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2003 is nice improvement. Thankyou. But when one enters just one wrong
letter in a contact's name, Outlook can't even make a suggestion from the
contacts database. Any search engine of the web can do better, much less
suggest a correction of the spelling.

I would suggest inserting more capable search logic here.

While we're at it, I would suggest your Tools Options menu in Outlook be
totally revised with two things in mind; less nested nuanced menus (I often
have to go 3 or 4 deep to get where I'm going) and more rationalized. They
are not intuitive. Sorry I'm not making suggestions. If you really want me
to, I will sit down and do so.

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...b6b11a24&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
 
This feature already exists. Sounds like you just need to become more
familiar with Outlook and its features. Autocompletion has nothing to do
with your Contacts. If autocompletion does not produce a match, just use
autoresolution (Check Names) to search your Contacts.
 
Thanks for the tip. But I believe your suggestion actually proves my point
better than my wordy entry. In 'Check Names' enter 'Smith' as 'Simth' in a
large database. Let's assume I can't recall the fellow's first name. 'Check
names' is still in effect auto complete since it puts me in the database with
all first names beginning with 'Si' and 'James Smith' is nowhere to be found.
I realize it's a dumb example. But if I don't know how it's spelled, I can
be looking forever, even though I'm technically very, very close. Perhaps I
should be aware of other ways to check, maybe just last names or something,
but check out the Microsoft search engine. It would even suggest the right
spelling.

Russ Valentine said:
This feature already exists. Sounds like you just need to become more
familiar with Outlook and its features. Autocompletion has nothing to do
with your Contacts. If autocompletion does not produce a match, just use
autoresolution (Check Names) to search your Contacts.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jim40000 said:
2003 is nice improvement. Thankyou. But when one enters just one wrong
letter in a contact's name, Outlook can't even make a suggestion from the
contacts database. Any search engine of the web can do better, much less
suggest a correction of the spelling.

I would suggest inserting more capable search logic here.

While we're at it, I would suggest your Tools Options menu in Outlook be
totally revised with two things in mind; less nested nuanced menus (I
often
have to go 3 or 4 deep to get where I'm going) and more rationalized.
They
are not intuitive. Sorry I'm not making suggestions. If you really want
me
to, I will sit down and do so.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...b6b11a24&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
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Jim40000 said:
In 'Check Names' enter 'Smith' as
'Simth' in a large database. Let's assume I can't recall the
fellow's first name. 'Check names' is still in effect auto complete
since it puts me in the database with all first names beginning with
'Si' and 'James Smith' is nowhere to be found. I realize it's a dumb
example. But if I don't know how it's spelled, I can be looking
forever, even though I'm technically very, very close.
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Do you know of ANY mail program that uses a such a lookup for contacts?
 
So now you are requesting that Outlook return names that you misspell?
That's rather a different request.
Good luck with that.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jim40000 said:
Thanks for the tip. But I believe your suggestion actually proves my
point
better than my wordy entry. In 'Check Names' enter 'Smith' as 'Simth' in
a
large database. Let's assume I can't recall the fellow's first name.
'Check
names' is still in effect auto complete since it puts me in the database
with
all first names beginning with 'Si' and 'James Smith' is nowhere to be
found.
I realize it's a dumb example. But if I don't know how it's spelled, I
can
be looking forever, even though I'm technically very, very close. Perhaps
I
should be aware of other ways to check, maybe just last names or
something,
but check out the Microsoft search engine. It would even suggest the
right
spelling.

Russ Valentine said:
This feature already exists. Sounds like you just need to become more
familiar with Outlook and its features. Autocompletion has nothing to do
with your Contacts. If autocompletion does not produce a match, just use
autoresolution (Check Names) to search your Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jim40000 said:
2003 is nice improvement. Thankyou. But when one enters just one
wrong
letter in a contact's name, Outlook can't even make a suggestion from
the
contacts database. Any search engine of the web can do better, much
less
suggest a correction of the spelling.

I would suggest inserting more capable search logic here.

While we're at it, I would suggest your Tools Options menu in Outlook
be
totally revised with two things in mind; less nested nuanced menus (I
often
have to go 3 or 4 deep to get where I'm going) and more rationalized.
They
are not intuitive. Sorry I'm not making suggestions. If you really
want
me
to, I will sit down and do so.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...b6b11a24&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
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Vinas said:
Don't purchase Ingressor before you try the free program NK2csv
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Probably not a good idea to tell people to NOT buy some product in favor of
a free one unless there's a compelling reason, like the commercial one
doesn't work, or the free one does the same job. Clearly neither is true.
 
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