how do I get Outlook to automatically fill in a contact name?

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I don't think that I have to send everyone an email in order for it to know
(cache) sent names. It should run through my contact list and fill it in for
me regardless of whether I have sent them a previous email. So how do I get
it to do that? THanks!!
 
You can't. Sorry.

If you want Outlook to fill in their names after you type the first three
letters, you need to send them an email first. This is called Auto-Complete.
Auto Resolution works against your contacts folder (or your global address
list). If you have a contact named John Smith and you type in John Smith in
the To field, Outlook should resolve it to the John Smith in your contacts
folder.

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sewcr8v said:
I don't think that I have to send everyone an email in order for it
to know (cache) sent names. It should run through my contact list
and fill it in for me regardless of whether I have sent them a
previous email. So how do I get it to do that? THanks!!
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Put Outlook into offline mode so that it can send no mail and restart it.
Open a new message window and click To. Select all the names in your
address book and click To. Click OK. Click Send. Now go to your Outbox
and delete the message you just queued for sending. Put Outlook back in
online mode. Your autocompletion cache should now contain all of your
contacts' addresses, up to its limit of 1,000 addresses.
 
Randy said:
Brian's method for autopopulating the NK2 works well. If you want a
tool with more power, including an import/export/copy to contact
capability, you may also be interested in a program that will let you
fully edit the NK2 file. You can find it at
http://www.ingressor.com/ingressor_products.htm
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While I'm certain your Ingressor Desktop product could be usefule to many
people, my opinion is that's it's too expensive to appeal to the home user.
 
While $35 may be too expensive to most home users (a little more than the
cost of an inkjet cartridge), we have found that 93% of our purchasers are
corporations. Of that 93%, about 80% have 200 computers or more. Now for
the very interesting stat... about 70% of sales overall are lawyers or law
firms. They seem to be the most cognizant of the liability of misdelivering
information. The medical industry is beginning to discover us. The more
horizontal market in general terms are Exchange Admins. trying to sync AD
data with NK2 data.

If you review an x500 address in Ingressor, you'll see that the complete
server address is stored in the NK2 file. Change it on the GAL if you wish,
but if the user autocompletes, the NK2 will "rule" the recipient data and
the e-mail will most likely go undelivered.

I wouldn't have thought that the "home user" would either care, let alone be
aware of NK2 problems. This program is designed and intended for power
users, regardless of their work location. In short, you're probably correct
that most home users will not wish to pay $35. The beautiful thing about
our society is that they are free to choose.

I'll leave you with this one last thought...if they are posting questions
out here about autocomplete problems, they are probably not home users.

Randy
 
Randy said:
While $35 may be too expensive to most home users (a little more than
the cost of an inkjet cartridge), we have found that 93% of our
purchasers are corporations. Of that 93%, about 80% have 200
computers or more.
Click to expand...

You appear to know your market well and I wasn't complaining, just
observing. Since you appear to be saying you're not all that interested in
the home market, I have no intention of suggesting you should act otherwise.
 
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