outlook 2003 should let us search/choose our contact by company

[Guest]

Using office outlook 2003 SP2 (11.6568.6568) on windowx XP Pro

When you open a new message and you click on "A..." in french, i presume
"To..." in english, it opens the window with all your contacts. In this
window you find the following columns: Name - Full Name - Email address -
Address Type and tht's all.

My first suggestion would be to allow us to classify "A to Z" or "Z to A" in
any column just by clicking on the column header and to be able to add or to
delete columns like we can do in our inbox / outbox / sent items (especially
one...see my second suggestion below).

My second suggestion would be to add a column named "organisation name".
When you classify your contacts by company name and you find it classify by
name when you are sending an email it's really not easy to find the correct
email address because sometimes you don't remmember the name of the contact
in the company. It's easier to remmember the name of the company thant to
remmember the name of all the contacts in this company. And professionnaly
speaking i found the classification by company name very useful.

I was even surprised not to find such an option in this window. I am sure
you can arrange this easily.


Awaiting your earliest feedback,
Kind Regards

Mathieu

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook has never provided customization of either the Outlook Address Book
nor the autocompletion cache. They are not the preferred venues for
searching for Contacts. The Contacts Folder is and it can be customized as
much as you want.

 

[Guest]

Ok but it's boring to go back to the contact folder. The existing link on
your new message is made to have direct access to our contacts without going
back to contact folder... they just forgort to let us the option to customize
it.

Outlook has never provided customization of either the Outlook Address Book
nor the autocompletion cache. They are not the preferred venues for
searching for Contacts. The Contacts Folder is and it can be customized as
much as you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Using office outlook 2003 SP2 (11.6568.6568) on windowx XP Pro

When you open a new message and you click on "A..." in french, i presume
"To..." in english, it opens the window with all your contacts. In this
window you find the following columns: Name - Full Name - Email address -
Address Type and tht's all.

My first suggestion would be to allow us to classify "A to Z" or "Z to A"
in
any column just by clicking on the column header and to be able to add or
to
delete columns like we can do in our inbox / outbox / sent items
(especially
one...see my second suggestion below).

My second suggestion would be to add a column named "organisation name".
When you classify your contacts by company name and you find it classify
by
name when you are sending an email it's really not easy to find the
correct
email address because sometimes you don't remmember the name of the
contact
in the company. It's easier to remmember the name of the company thant to
remmember the name of all the contacts in this company. And professionnaly
speaking i found the classification by company name very useful.

I was even surprised not to find such an option in this window. I am sure
you can arrange this easily.


Awaiting your earliest feedback,
Kind Regards

Mathieu

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[Guest]

It should not be very difficult for microsoft to change this and to customize
this contact list...

Outlook has never provided customization of either the Outlook Address Book
nor the autocompletion cache. They are not the preferred venues for
searching for Contacts. The Contacts Folder is and it can be customized as
much as you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Using office outlook 2003 SP2 (11.6568.6568) on windowx XP Pro

When you open a new message and you click on "A..." in french, i presume
"To..." in english, it opens the window with all your contacts. In this
window you find the following columns: Name - Full Name - Email address -
Address Type and tht's all.

My first suggestion would be to allow us to classify "A to Z" or "Z to A"
in
any column just by clicking on the column header and to be able to add or
to
delete columns like we can do in our inbox / outbox / sent items
(especially
one...see my second suggestion below).

My second suggestion would be to add a column named "organisation name".
When you classify your contacts by company name and you find it classify
by
name when you are sending an email it's really not easy to find the
correct
email address because sometimes you don't remmember the name of the
contact
in the company. It's easier to remmember the name of the company thant to
remmember the name of all the contacts in this company. And professionnaly
speaking i found the classification by company name very useful.

I was even surprised not to find such an option in this window. I am sure
you can arrange this easily.


Awaiting your earliest feedback,
Kind Regards

Mathieu

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[Guest]

It's the same thing when trying to connect a contact to an item. The list is
not customizable. I know some people by their first name for example but my
"file as" is last, first and sometimes I use the company name first in file
as. It can be frustrating to find items for that reason alone, but
additionally if you have many different contacts with the same "file as" (the
difference is the address) and you create a new appointment, you don't even
know which one is the right contact, save for the order in which they are in
as it's the same as the address cards view.

For example you have a chain of stores to deliver to, we'll use McDonalds
for example. In your contacts you'll have one contact entry per address and
its easy to see all the addresses in the address card view so no problem
there, but since the selection boxes don't and can't show addresses the list
is almost useless.

Another example; you know that bob bingo works at McDonald's and you have an
appointment to see him, you'd like to just search and find bob's name on the
list but he isn't on the list since for other reasons, it was better to file
all your McD's by company name. Even if you file as McDonalds (bingo, bob) or
McDonalds (bob bingo) you still can only search by McDonalds and scroll until
you find it. At least that still works, unless you forget the company name or
whatever.

The point is, even if it would be a little difficult, it would be very
useful to customize, or at least add fields, to those pick lists.

The address book list is greatly improved in 2007, but wherever you click
the "Contacts..." button its still the same frustration.

Ok but it's boring to go back to the contact folder. The existing link on
your new message is made to have direct access to our contacts without going
back to contact folder... they just forgort to let us the option to customize
it.

Outlook has never provided customization of either the Outlook Address Book
nor the autocompletion cache. They are not the preferred venues for
searching for Contacts. The Contacts Folder is and it can be customized as
much as you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Using office outlook 2003 SP2 (11.6568.6568) on windowx XP Pro

When you open a new message and you click on "A..." in french, i presume
"To..." in english, it opens the window with all your contacts. In this
window you find the following columns: Name - Full Name - Email address -
Address Type and tht's all.

My first suggestion would be to allow us to classify "A to Z" or "Z to A"
in
any column just by clicking on the column header and to be able to add or
to
delete columns like we can do in our inbox / outbox / sent items
(especially
one...see my second suggestion below).

My second suggestion would be to add a column named "organisation name".
When you classify your contacts by company name and you find it classify
by
name when you are sending an email it's really not easy to find the
correct
email address because sometimes you don't remmember the name of the
contact
in the company. It's easier to remmember the name of the company thant to
remmember the name of all the contacts in this company. And professionnaly
speaking i found the classification by company name very useful.

I was even surprised not to find such an option in this window. I am sure
you can arrange this easily.


Awaiting your earliest feedback,
Kind Regards

Mathieu

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Apparently, it's much harder than you think. The Outlook Address Book is a
legacy service that relies on Extended MAPI and as such is not easy to
customize. Accordingly, Outlook development has deprecated this address book
interface in favor of Contact Folders and autocompletion for search
functions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

It should not be very difficult for microsoft to change this and to
customize
this contact list...

Outlook has never provided customization of either the Outlook Address
Book
nor the autocompletion cache. They are not the preferred venues for
searching for Contacts. The Contacts Folder is and it can be customized
as
much as you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Using office outlook 2003 SP2 (11.6568.6568) on windowx XP Pro

When you open a new message and you click on "A..." in french, i
presume
"To..." in english, it opens the window with all your contacts. In this
window you find the following columns: Name - Full Name - Email
address -
Address Type and tht's all.

My first suggestion would be to allow us to classify "A to Z" or "Z to
A"
in
any column just by clicking on the column header and to be able to add
or
to
delete columns like we can do in our inbox / outbox / sent items
(especially
one...see my second suggestion below).

My second suggestion would be to add a column named "organisation
name".
When you classify your contacts by company name and you find it
classify
by
name when you are sending an email it's really not easy to find the
correct
email address because sometimes you don't remmember the name of the
contact
in the company. It's easier to remmember the name of the company thant
to
remmember the name of all the contacts in this company. And
professionnaly
speaking i found the classification by company name very useful.

I was even surprised not to find such an option in this window. I am
sure
you can arrange this easily.


Awaiting your earliest feedback,
Kind Regards

Mathieu

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[Guest]

Admittedly I’m sure it is hard because I can’t see any other reason. There is
no auto complete for the “select contact†list when you click on the
“Contacts…†button. It’s just a long, scroll list view of your contacts, and
the visible fields can’t be changed, so really you’re forced to modify the
way you would otherwise “file as†just to get moderately useful use of the
list.
If you’re searching through the address book for an email address Auto
complete only works for the name field (it won’t look in the other fields its
displaying). If you switch from “Name only†to “More columns†Auto complete
no longer works, you have to click the go button but at least it is possible
now even though you can’t choose the search field or sort there either. For
example if you have 500 entries with McDonalds in the name but only one entry
with McDonalds in the email address you can’t use that knowledge to define
your filter or sort by the email field.

Of course, if they waited until the product was perfect we wouldn't have a
product to use, and I guess they have to give us reasons to buy the next
upgrade.

Apparently, it's much harder than you think. The Outlook Address Book is a
legacy service that relies on Extended MAPI and as such is not easy to
customize. Accordingly, Outlook development has deprecated this address book
interface in favor of Contact Folders and autocompletion for search
functions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

It should not be very difficult for microsoft to change this and to
customize
this contact list...

Outlook has never provided customization of either the Outlook Address
Book
nor the autocompletion cache. They are not the preferred venues for
searching for Contacts. The Contacts Folder is and it can be customized
as
much as you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Using office outlook 2003 SP2 (11.6568.6568) on windowx XP Pro

When you open a new message and you click on "A..." in french, i
presume
"To..." in english, it opens the window with all your contacts. In this
window you find the following columns: Name - Full Name - Email
address -
Address Type and tht's all.

My first suggestion would be to allow us to classify "A to Z" or "Z to
A"
in
any column just by clicking on the column header and to be able to add
or
to
delete columns like we can do in our inbox / outbox / sent items
(especially
one...see my second suggestion below).

My second suggestion would be to add a column named "organisation
name".
When you classify your contacts by company name and you find it
classify
by
name when you are sending an email it's really not easy to find the
correct
email address because sometimes you don't remmember the name of the
contact
in the company. It's easier to remmember the name of the company thant
to
remmember the name of all the contacts in this company. And
professionnaly
speaking i found the classification by company name very useful.

I was even surprised not to find such an option in this window. I am
sure
you can arrange this easily.


Awaiting your earliest feedback,
Kind Regards

Mathieu

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I'm just explaining what is. The Outlook Address Book and autocompletion
cache are not the preferred venue for searching. Most of us have migrated
away from them for the reasons I've stated. It's fine to keep posting your
wishes. I'm just telling you which ones are realistic.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Admittedly I’m sure it is hard because I can’t see any other reason. There
is
no auto complete for the “select contact†list when you click on the
“Contacts…†button. It’s just a long, scroll list view of your contacts,
and
the visible fields can’t be changed, so really you’re forced to modify the
way you would otherwise “file as†just to get moderately useful use of the
list.
If you’re searching through the address book for an email address Auto
complete only works for the name field (it won’t look in the other fields
its
displaying). If you switch from “Name only†to “More columns†Auto
complete
no longer works, you have to click the go button but at least it is
possible
now even though you can’t choose the search field or sort there either.
For
example if you have 500 entries with McDonalds in the name but only one
entry
with McDonalds in the email address you can’t use that knowledge to define
your filter or sort by the email field.

Of course, if they waited until the product was perfect we wouldn't have a
product to use, and I guess they have to give us reasons to buy the next
upgrade.

Apparently, it's much harder than you think. The Outlook Address Book is
a
legacy service that relies on Extended MAPI and as such is not easy to
customize. Accordingly, Outlook development has deprecated this address
book
interface in favor of Contact Folders and autocompletion for search
functions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

It should not be very difficult for microsoft to change this and to
customize
this contact list...


:

Outlook has never provided customization of either the Outlook Address
Book
nor the autocompletion cache. They are not the preferred venues for
searching for Contacts. The Contacts Folder is and it can be
customized
as
much as you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Using office outlook 2003 SP2 (11.6568.6568) on windowx XP Pro

When you open a new message and you click on "A..." in french, i
presume
"To..." in english, it opens the window with all your contacts. In
this
window you find the following columns: Name - Full Name - Email
address -
Address Type and tht's all.

My first suggestion would be to allow us to classify "A to Z" or "Z
to
A"
in
any column just by clicking on the column header and to be able to
add
or
to
delete columns like we can do in our inbox / outbox / sent items
(especially
one...see my second suggestion below).

My second suggestion would be to add a column named "organisation
name".
When you classify your contacts by company name and you find it
classify
by
name when you are sending an email it's really not easy to find the
correct
email address because sometimes you don't remmember the name of the
contact
in the company. It's easier to remmember the name of the company
thant
to
remmember the name of all the contacts in this company. And
professionnaly
speaking i found the classification by company name very useful.

I was even surprised not to find such an option in this window. I am
sure
you can arrange this easily.


Awaiting your earliest feedback,
Kind Regards

Mathieu

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[Guest]

I guess I would be happy to migrate away from them also but how would I go
about that? I'm really not using the lists to search, just to select. For
linking a contact with the "Contacts..." button I don't see any other way to
select (other than typing manually and dealing with the pop-up box(s)).

I'm just explaining what is. The Outlook Address Book and autocompletion
cache are not the preferred venue for searching. Most of us have migrated
away from them for the reasons I've stated. It's fine to keep posting your
wishes. I'm just telling you which ones are realistic.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Admittedly I’m sure it is hard because I can’t see any other reason. There
is
no auto complete for the “select contact†list when you click on the
“Contacts…†button. It’s just a long, scroll list view of your contacts,
and
the visible fields can’t be changed, so really you’re forced to modify the
way you would otherwise “file as†just to get moderately useful use of the
list.
If you’re searching through the address book for an email address Auto
complete only works for the name field (it won’t look in the other fields
its
displaying). If you switch from “Name only†to “More columns†Auto
complete
no longer works, you have to click the go button but at least it is
possible
now even though you can’t choose the search field or sort there either.
For
example if you have 500 entries with McDonalds in the name but only one
entry
with McDonalds in the email address you can’t use that knowledge to define
your filter or sort by the email field.

Of course, if they waited until the product was perfect we wouldn't have a
product to use, and I guess they have to give us reasons to buy the next
upgrade.

Apparently, it's much harder than you think. The Outlook Address Book is
a
legacy service that relies on Extended MAPI and as such is not easy to
customize. Accordingly, Outlook development has deprecated this address
book
interface in favor of Contact Folders and autocompletion for search
functions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
It should not be very difficult for microsoft to change this and to
customize
this contact list...


:

Outlook has never provided customization of either the Outlook Address
Book
nor the autocompletion cache. They are not the preferred venues for
searching for Contacts. The Contacts Folder is and it can be
customized
as
much as you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Using office outlook 2003 SP2 (11.6568.6568) on windowx XP Pro

When you open a new message and you click on "A..." in french, i
presume
"To..." in english, it opens the window with all your contacts. In
this
window you find the following columns: Name - Full Name - Email
address -
Address Type and tht's all.

My first suggestion would be to allow us to classify "A to Z" or "Z
to
A"
in
any column just by clicking on the column header and to be able to
add
or
to
delete columns like we can do in our inbox / outbox / sent items
(especially
one...see my second suggestion below).

My second suggestion would be to add a column named "organisation
name".
When you classify your contacts by company name and you find it
classify
by
name when you are sending an email it's really not easy to find the
correct
email address because sometimes you don't remmember the name of the
contact
in the company. It's easier to remmember the name of the company
thant
to
remmember the name of all the contacts in this company. And
professionnaly
speaking i found the classification by company name very useful.

I was even surprised not to find such an option in this window. I am
sure
you can arrange this easily.


Awaiting your earliest feedback,
Kind Regards

Mathieu

----------------
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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Linking Contacts is a very infrequent action compared to addressing emails.
A lot of us wish the Outlook Address Book interface were better than it is
even if they only occasionally force us to use it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I guess I would be happy to migrate away from them also but how would I go
about that? I'm really not using the lists to search, just to select. For
linking a contact with the "Contacts..." button I don't see any other way
to
select (other than typing manually and dealing with the pop-up box(s)).

I'm just explaining what is. The Outlook Address Book and autocompletion
cache are not the preferred venue for searching. Most of us have migrated
away from them for the reasons I've stated. It's fine to keep posting
your
wishes. I'm just telling you which ones are realistic.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Admittedly I’m sure it is hard because I can’t see any other reason.
There
is
no auto complete for the “select contact†list when you click on the
“Contacts…†button. It’s just a long, scroll list view of your
contacts,
and
the visible fields can’t be changed, so really you’re forced to modify
the
way you would otherwise “file as†just to get moderately useful use of
the
list.
If you’re searching through the address book for an email address Auto
complete only works for the name field (it won’t look in the other
fields
its
displaying). If you switch from “Name only†to “More columns†Auto
complete
no longer works, you have to click the go button but at least it is
possible
now even though you can’t choose the search field or sort there either.
For
example if you have 500 entries with McDonalds in the name but only one
entry
with McDonalds in the email address you can’t use that knowledge to
define
your filter or sort by the email field.

Of course, if they waited until the product was perfect we wouldn't
have a
product to use, and I guess they have to give us reasons to buy the
next
upgrade.

:

Apparently, it's much harder than you think. The Outlook Address Book
is
a
legacy service that relies on Extended MAPI and as such is not easy to
customize. Accordingly, Outlook development has deprecated this
address
book
interface in favor of Contact Folders and autocompletion for search
functions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
It should not be very difficult for microsoft to change this and to
customize
this contact list...


:

Outlook has never provided customization of either the Outlook
Address
Book
nor the autocompletion cache. They are not the preferred venues for
searching for Contacts. The Contacts Folder is and it can be
customized
as
much as you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Using office outlook 2003 SP2 (11.6568.6568) on windowx XP Pro

When you open a new message and you click on "A..." in french, i
presume
"To..." in english, it opens the window with all your contacts.
In
this
window you find the following columns: Name - Full Name - Email
address -
Address Type and tht's all.

My first suggestion would be to allow us to classify "A to Z" or
"Z
to
A"
in
any column just by clicking on the column header and to be able
to
add
or
to
delete columns like we can do in our inbox / outbox / sent items
(especially
one...see my second suggestion below).

My second suggestion would be to add a column named "organisation
name".
When you classify your contacts by company name and you find it
classify
by
name when you are sending an email it's really not easy to find
the
correct
email address because sometimes you don't remmember the name of
the
contact
in the company. It's easier to remmember the name of the company
thant
to
remmember the name of all the contacts in this company. And
professionnaly
speaking i found the classification by company name very useful.

I was even surprised not to find such an option in this window. I
am
sure
you can arrange this easily.


Awaiting your earliest feedback,
Kind Regards

Mathieu

----------------
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to
the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion,
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the
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