How to configure "Display as" to show as auto suggestions in new e

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Hi all,

When I enter a new contact, I use the Full Name and email fields. The File
As and Display As fill in automatically.

When I want to send a new email and start typing in the "to" field,
sometimes it just suggests email addresses, and sometimes it suggests email
addresses and also the Display name (+address) people.

I would like it to suggest Display name options all of the time but it just
seems random. Have I not configure something correctly?

Thanks
 
Not at all. You have failed to understand that autocompletion has nothing to
do with your Contacts Folder and the information it contains. It only uses
information from the autocompletion cache, which contains information
derived only from headers of the messages you have sent.
 
Hi Russ,
Thanks for the reply. So to get an autocomplete with email and Display
names, I have to specifically send them an email first? And then the next
time I write to them, it should show?


Russ Valentine said:
Not at all. You have failed to understand that autocompletion has nothing to
do with your Contacts Folder and the information it contains. It only uses
information from the autocompletion cache, which contains information
derived only from headers of the messages you have sent.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
moneypenny28 said:
Hi all,

When I enter a new contact, I use the Full Name and email fields. The
File
As and Display As fill in automatically.

When I want to send a new email and start typing in the "to" field,
sometimes it just suggests email addresses, and sometimes it suggests
email
addresses and also the Display name (+address) people.

I would like it to suggest Display name options all of the time but it
just
seems random. Have I not configure something correctly?

Thanks
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The autocompletion cache is populated only by the messages you have sent.
The format of what appears in that cache is determined entirely by the
sender if you have replied to that message.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
moneypenny28 said:
Hi Russ,
Thanks for the reply. So to get an autocomplete with email and Display
names, I have to specifically send them an email first? And then the next
time I write to them, it should show?


Russ Valentine said:
Not at all. You have failed to understand that autocompletion has nothing
to
do with your Contacts Folder and the information it contains. It only
uses
information from the autocompletion cache, which contains information
derived only from headers of the messages you have sent.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
moneypenny28 said:
Hi all,

When I enter a new contact, I use the Full Name and email fields. The
File
As and Display As fill in automatically.

When I want to send a new email and start typing in the "to" field,
sometimes it just suggests email addresses, and sometimes it suggests
email
addresses and also the Display name (+address) people.

I would like it to suggest Display name options all of the time but it
just
seems random. Have I not configure something correctly?

Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
moneypenny28 said:
Thanks for the reply. So to get an autocomplete with email and
Display names, I have to specifically send them an email first? And
then the next time I write to them, it should show?
Click to expand...

In general, yes. You can populate the autocompletion cache with up to 1000
of the "DIsplay As" values from your Contacts, though, so that you can begin
to type that string and have it show up. See this:
<http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.contacts/msg/afb0d009fff16ab1>
 
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