There seems to be a continual denial that Nickname usage has existed in
anything other than peculiar versions of Outlook. I have used Outlook '98,
2000 and now 2003 in various offices and at home; all aparently standard
versions. Only now in the 2003 version can I not use Nicknames in the way
that I have used them before. As follows:

Having set a nickname, I could hit Ctrl-K and have the relevant detail
appear in the To field. The fact that this does not work in Outlook 2003 is,
to say the least, extremely frustrating. It never ceases to amaze me how
application advances often translate into functional deterioration.

Having been unable to find a satisfactory answer to the question 'how do I
use my nicknames?' I would like to re-phrase this question and put it to to
the forum:

What is the Nickname field for in 2003? What purpose does it serve, and how
so?
Rather than a repeated 'that won't work and never did' answer, it would be
very useful and customer friendly to explain exactly what the field is about
and how it may be used.

Many thanks for any further constructive assistance with this issue.
Kind regards
FB



"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not in any standard version of Outlook. Only the long abandoned IMO mode of
Outlook made use of that field.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
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There is a nickname field in the Contats setup page. This is the name
you could (previous to Outlook 2003) use in place of an actual e-mail
address in the "To" field, or the other fileds in a newlwy composed
message.