I've just converted from Thunderbird which allows autocomplete of addressee
names if you enter a person's nickname (e.g 'Bob' for 'Robert') with
different opening letters. I'm sure Outlook can manage something like this,
but I can't figure out how

Outlook doesn't support nicknames.

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"ThunderConvert" wrote in message
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I've just converted from Thunderbird which allows autocomplete of
addressee
names if you enter a person's nickname (e.g 'Bob' for 'Robert') with
different opening letters. I'm sure Outlook can manage something like
this,
but I can't figure out how

You didn't even post your Outlook version. How are we supposed to answer?

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ThunderConvert" wrote in message
...
I've just converted from Thunderbird which allows autocomplete of
addressee
names if you enter a person's nickname (e.g 'Bob' for 'Robert') with
different opening letters. I'm sure Outlook can manage something like
this,
but I can't figure out how