Sure - stop using the autocomplete cache. If you use the To button always,
it should use the display names you have entered in the contacts.

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"Jim" wrote in message
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So is there a way to make it do what I wish?
Jim

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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The difference is that you are getting the names from two different
lists - the To button uses Contacts (and other physical address lists in
your profile), autocomplete uses only the nickname cache. If the name
does not exist in the cache, then outlook autoresolves to the contacts.

Autocomplete includes the name (when available) and address so you can
more easily identify the entry you are selecting from the cache is, in
fact, the one you want to use. If you have 2 entries for Dave Jones in
autocomplete, you can more easily identify the one you want to use.

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"Jim" wrote in message
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Diane, thanks for your reply. However,if I send a message to many
recipients by selecting from the To: drop-down list, they show as "Dave
Jones, Jim Jones, John Smith, Allen Roberts ...". If I use autocomplete
to select them, they show as "Dave Jones ), Jim
Jones ), John Smith ), Allen
Roberts )". That just takes up more room,
and looks a mess. If they show the way I prefer after selecting from
the drop-down list, why can't I force that view with autocomplete? By
the way, if I disable "suggest names" from the Advanced features,
there's no autocomplete suggestions available. That's not an option.

Jim

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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It's not a problem that needs to be fixed. The nickname cache has the
display name and address of people you've sent to. When you reply to a
message the address on the message is added to the autocomplete cache.
One option is to disable suggest names and only use autoresolve so it
only uses display names in your contacts. But even so, when you hit
reply, you'll likely see both the name and address from the original
email, not the display name from your contacts folder.

Why don't you want the addresses shown? What you see in outlook as you
compose may not be what the recipient sees in their mail client.


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"Jim" wrote in message
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I have Outlook 2003 and Windows XP. When I type part of an address
into a new message, I get a selection of autocompleted nicknames as I
type. If I select from that list, I sometimes get the nickname +
e-mail address. For example, if I address a message to Dave Jones, I
get "Dave Jones )" in the address line,
instead of just the nickname. I have always entered contact
information in the "Display as:" field with the nickname only. I do
not want people's e-mail addresses to be listed in the address field.

I can occasionally force Outlook to use the nickname only, if I delete
the contact and then make a new contact with the same information.
Once I send a new e-mail message to that recipient, the next message
using autocomplete typically shows the nickname only. However, that
fix doesn't hold for long, and the e-mail address starts popping up in
autocomplete selections again.

I browsed to the Nickname and AutoComplete cache and renamed it from
Outlook.NK2 to Outlook.old. That did rebuild the cache; but, the
autocomplete problem returned. Can you provide a fix for this issue?
If not, can you provide a better description of it, so I can search
for solutions on the Internet?

Jim