|
| If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|||||||
| Tags: auto, completion, name, recipient |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
March 17th 07, 07:31 PM
posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
|
|||
|
|||
auto completion of recipient name
Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to
enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill (or autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000 account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the copied outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Bernie 
|
| Ads |
|
#2
March 17th 07, 07:41 PM
posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
|
|||
|
|||
|
auto completion of recipient name
Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer
versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion cache. Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part of a name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check Names]), Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to manually resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill (or autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000 account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the copied outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Bernie
|
|
#3
March 18th 07, 12:43 AM
posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
|
|||
|
|||
|
auto completion of recipient name
Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution" to
every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my contacts folder. -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion cache. Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part of a name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check Names]), Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to manually resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill (or autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000 account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the copied outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Bernie
|
|
#4
March 18th 07, 02:04 AM
posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
|
|||
|
|||
|
auto completion of recipient name
Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not require it.
Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on Outlook 2000. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution" to every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my contacts folder. -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion cache. Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part of a name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check Names]), Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to manually resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill (or autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000 account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the copied outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Bernie
|
|
#5
March 18th 07, 05:26 AM
posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
|
|||
|
|||
|
auto completion of recipient name
I don't think I fully understood your first repsonse... I thought I would
have to start keying in each name and then hit Alt-K to get Outlook to try to resolve the name, and then (if need be) right click on the name to manually resolve it... I thought by doing this exercise once, Outlook would know how to resolve each name in the future. Does resolving the name result in selecting it as a recipient when I start keying the name or do I have to manually click on the name to select it? This is what I am currently doing... I click on the to: or cc: button to open the address book... as I start keying the name I want the best fit is highlighted in the address book window... when the name I want appears, I need to click it to select it... I need to repeat this process for every recipient name or scroll down the address book double clicking each name I want...is this as good as it gets or is there an easier way? -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not require it. Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on Outlook 2000. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution" to every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my contacts folder. -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion cache. Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part of a name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check Names]), Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to manually resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill (or autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000 account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the copied outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Bernie
|
|
#6
March 18th 07, 01:09 PM
posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
|
|||
|
|||
|
auto completion of recipient name
Here's a complete description of how autoresolution works:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/auto...#_Toc108781084 -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... I don't think I fully understood your first repsonse... I thought I would have to start keying in each name and then hit Alt-K to get Outlook to try to resolve the name, and then (if need be) right click on the name to manually resolve it... I thought by doing this exercise once, Outlook would know how to resolve each name in the future. Does resolving the name result in selecting it as a recipient when I start keying the name or do I have to manually click on the name to select it? This is what I am currently doing... I click on the to: or cc: button to open the address book... as I start keying the name I want the best fit is highlighted in the address book window... when the name I want appears, I need to click it to select it... I need to repeat this process for every recipient name or scroll down the address book double clicking each name I want...is this as good as it gets or is there an easier way? -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not require it. Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on Outlook 2000. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution" to every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my contacts folder. -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion cache. Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part of a name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check Names]), Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to manually resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill (or autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000 account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the copied outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Bernie
|
|
#7
March 18th 07, 04:19 PM
posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
|
|||
|
|||
|
auto completion of recipient name
Russ,
You have been most helpful and patient... I think I finally understand the issue... thanks again. -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Here's a complete description of how autoresolution works: http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/auto...#_Toc108781084 -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... I don't think I fully understood your first repsonse... I thought I would have to start keying in each name and then hit Alt-K to get Outlook to try to resolve the name, and then (if need be) right click on the name to manually resolve it... I thought by doing this exercise once, Outlook would know how to resolve each name in the future. Does resolving the name result in selecting it as a recipient when I start keying the name or do I have to manually click on the name to select it? This is what I am currently doing... I click on the to: or cc: button to open the address book... as I start keying the name I want the best fit is highlighted in the address book window... when the name I want appears, I need to click it to select it... I need to repeat this process for every recipient name or scroll down the address book double clicking each name I want...is this as good as it gets or is there an easier way? -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not require it. Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on Outlook 2000. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution" to every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my contacts folder. -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion cache. Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part of a name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check Names]), Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to manually resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill (or autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000 account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the copied outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Bernie
|
|
#8
March 18th 07, 04:27 PM
posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
|
|||
|
|||
|
auto completion of recipient name
You're welcome. It will be hard to get autoresolution to work the way
autocompletion does. In theory, you could create a "nickname" of 3 or more letters that you could manually resolve and store and that would then resolve automatically each time you type it, but then you'd have to remember what nickname you created for every address. Creating a few that you use often would still be worthwhile, however, until you update to a current version that has autocompletion. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Russ, You have been most helpful and patient... I think I finally understand the issue... thanks again. -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Here's a complete description of how autoresolution works: http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/auto...#_Toc108781084 -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... I don't think I fully understood your first repsonse... I thought I would have to start keying in each name and then hit Alt-K to get Outlook to try to resolve the name, and then (if need be) right click on the name to manually resolve it... I thought by doing this exercise once, Outlook would know how to resolve each name in the future. Does resolving the name result in selecting it as a recipient when I start keying the name or do I have to manually click on the name to select it? This is what I am currently doing... I click on the to: or cc: button to open the address book... as I start keying the name I want the best fit is highlighted in the address book window... when the name I want appears, I need to click it to select it... I need to repeat this process for every recipient name or scroll down the address book double clicking each name I want...is this as good as it gets or is there an easier way? -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not require it. Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on Outlook 2000. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution" to every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my contacts folder. -- Bernie "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion cache. Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part of a name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check Names]), Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to manually resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Bernie" wrote in message ... Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill (or autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000 account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the copied outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Bernie
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| auto address completion not working | Inder | Outlook - Using Contacts | 2 | January 25th 07 06:32 AM |
| Recipient auto display with some contacts | Simon | Outlook - Using Contacts | 2 | December 14th 06 02:58 AM |
| Auto name completion | LincolnIT | Outlook - Using Contacts | 4 | May 22nd 06 09:48 PM |
| Auto name completion | Rob D. | Outlook - General Queries | 3 | April 14th 06 07:10 PM |
| auto completion name caching | Rob D. | Outlook Express | 1 | April 13th 06 06:06 PM |
Linear Mode
