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#1
December 15th 08, 09:20 PM
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Use of contacts "Display as" field
Hi all.
I am using Outlook 2007. I want you kindly clarify me something i really don't understand. Let's make a quick example: I create only one contact named "John Due" in the contact folder. I put in its "E-mail" field his first email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John1". I put in its "E-mail 2" field his second email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John2". When i compose a new message and i input in the "To" field "John1" the check names functionality tells me it finds more than one occurence of "John1", showing me both the addresses of John Due. That is clearly wrong since between the two "John Due" email addresses only one has a "Display as" field exactly equal to "John1". What's the purpose of having the possibility to input three different data for the "Display as" field related to the three possible addresses that one can create for a contact if the check names functionality can't use them and distinguish between them? Thanks a lot for your suggestion 
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December 15th 08, 09:56 PM
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Not really clear what you're doing or why, but I suspect when you chose to
override Outlook's default format for the Email Display As field, you also eliminated Outlook's ability to search on that field for autoresolution. Why did you think you needed to change Outlook's format? To us autoresolution you'll probably need to enter a portion of the email address. Few people even use autoresolution nowadays because autocompletion is much easier to use and wouldn't have this issue. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Michele" wrote in message ... Hi all. I am using Outlook 2007. I want you kindly clarify me something i really don't understand. Let's make a quick example: I create only one contact named "John Due" in the contact folder. I put in its "E-mail" field his first email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John1". I put in its "E-mail 2" field his second email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John2". When i compose a new message and i input in the "To" field "John1" the check names functionality tells me it finds more than one occurence of "John1", showing me both the addresses of John Due. That is clearly wrong since between the two "John Due" email addresses only one has a "Display as" field exactly equal to "John1". What's the purpose of having the possibility to input three different data for the "Display as" field related to the three possible addresses that one can create for a contact if the check names functionality can't use them and distinguish between them? Thanks a lot for your suggestion
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December 15th 08, 10:21 PM
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I am doing simply what Outlook allows me to do, that is editing "Display as"
fields. I think that changing the default format of the "Display as" field has its clear advantages: If my "Dad" has a complicated email address, for me it's easier to input and remember the word "Dad" instead of inserting his complicated email address. And, in fact, if you don't create multiple email addresses for one contact the "Display as" field can be used exactly for the above purpose, whatever you write in it. The problem arises when you associate multiple e-mail addresses for one contact. I know well that autocompletion is a workaround to that problem but it's not the point of what i am suggesting here, i am just wondering why giving the option to associate three e-mail addresses to one contact if they can't be resolved uniquely. And when you say "when you chose to override Outlook's default format for the Email Display As field, you also eliminated Outlook's ability to search on that field for autoresolution", that is wrong. Check names behaves exactly the same way it behaves when you leave the default created "Display as" fields . Thanks a lot for you ideas. Ciao "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Not really clear what you're doing or why, but I suspect when you chose to override Outlook's default format for the Email Display As field, you also eliminated Outlook's ability to search on that field for autoresolution. Why did you think you needed to change Outlook's format? To us autoresolution you'll probably need to enter a portion of the email address. Few people even use autoresolution nowadays because autocompletion is much easier to use and wouldn't have this issue. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Michele" wrote in message ... Hi all. I am using Outlook 2007. I want you kindly clarify me something i really don't understand. Let's make a quick example: I create only one contact named "John Due" in the contact folder. I put in its "E-mail" field his first email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John1". I put in its "E-mail 2" field his second email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John2". When i compose a new message and i input in the "To" field "John1" the check names functionality tells me it finds more than one occurence of "John1", showing me both the addresses of John Due. That is clearly wrong since between the two "John Due" email addresses only one has a "Display as" field exactly equal to "John1". What's the purpose of having the possibility to input three different data for the "Display as" field related to the three possible addresses that one can create for a contact if the check names functionality can't use them and distinguish between them? Thanks a lot for your suggestion
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December 15th 08, 10:44 PM
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Use of contacts "Display as" field
You're losing me with this statement: "Check names behaves exactly the same
way it behaves when you leave the default created "Display as" fields." How could that be when you were asking autoresolution to resolve a name that didn't even exist until you changed the EDA field to contain it? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Michele" wrote in message ... I am doing simply what Outlook allows me to do, that is editing "Display as" fields. I think that changing the default format of the "Display as" field has its clear advantages: If my "Dad" has a complicated email address, for me it's easier to input and remember the word "Dad" instead of inserting his complicated email address. And, in fact, if you don't create multiple email addresses for one contact the "Display as" field can be used exactly for the above purpose, whatever you write in it. The problem arises when you associate multiple e-mail addresses for one contact. I know well that autocompletion is a workaround to that problem but it's not the point of what i am suggesting here, i am just wondering why giving the option to associate three e-mail addresses to one contact if they can't be resolved uniquely. And when you say "when you chose to override Outlook's default format for the Email Display As field, you also eliminated Outlook's ability to search on that field for autoresolution", that is wrong. Check names behaves exactly the same way it behaves when you leave the default created "Display as" fields . Thanks a lot for you ideas. Ciao "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Not really clear what you're doing or why, but I suspect when you chose to override Outlook's default format for the Email Display As field, you also eliminated Outlook's ability to search on that field for autoresolution. Why did you think you needed to change Outlook's format? To us autoresolution you'll probably need to enter a portion of the email address. Few people even use autoresolution nowadays because autocompletion is much easier to use and wouldn't have this issue. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Michele" wrote in message ... Hi all. I am using Outlook 2007. I want you kindly clarify me something i really don't understand. Let's make a quick example: I create only one contact named "John Due" in the contact folder. I put in its "E-mail" field his first email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John1". I put in its "E-mail 2" field his second email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John2". When i compose a new message and i input in the "To" field "John1" the check names functionality tells me it finds more than one occurence of "John1", showing me both the addresses of John Due. That is clearly wrong since between the two "John Due" email addresses only one has a "Display as" field exactly equal to "John1". What's the purpose of having the possibility to input three different data for the "Display as" field related to the three possible addresses that one can create for a contact if the check names functionality can't use them and distinguish between them? Thanks a lot for your suggestion
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December 15th 08, 10:59 PM
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What i mean is that even if you leave the default EDAs the issue i described
occurs exactly the same way it happens when you customize the EDAs and it happens only and if only you have more than one e-mail address associated to one contact. Check on your own and you'll see it. Anyway if i am wrong i am happy to be corrected. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You're losing me with this statement: "Check names behaves exactly the same way it behaves when you leave the default created "Display as" fields." How could that be when you were asking autoresolution to resolve a name that didn't even exist until you changed the EDA field to contain it? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Michele" wrote in message ... I am doing simply what Outlook allows me to do, that is editing "Display as" fields. I think that changing the default format of the "Display as" field has its clear advantages: If my "Dad" has a complicated email address, for me it's easier to input and remember the word "Dad" instead of inserting his complicated email address. And, in fact, if you don't create multiple email addresses for one contact the "Display as" field can be used exactly for the above purpose, whatever you write in it. The problem arises when you associate multiple e-mail addresses for one contact. I know well that autocompletion is a workaround to that problem but it's not the point of what i am suggesting here, i am just wondering why giving the option to associate three e-mail addresses to one contact if they can't be resolved uniquely. And when you say "when you chose to override Outlook's default format for the Email Display As field, you also eliminated Outlook's ability to search on that field for autoresolution", that is wrong. Check names behaves exactly the same way it behaves when you leave the default created "Display as" fields . Thanks a lot for you ideas. Ciao "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Not really clear what you're doing or why, but I suspect when you chose to override Outlook's default format for the Email Display As field, you also eliminated Outlook's ability to search on that field for autoresolution. Why did you think you needed to change Outlook's format? To us autoresolution you'll probably need to enter a portion of the email address. Few people even use autoresolution nowadays because autocompletion is much easier to use and wouldn't have this issue. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Michele" wrote in message ... Hi all. I am using Outlook 2007. I want you kindly clarify me something i really don't understand. Let's make a quick example: I create only one contact named "John Due" in the contact folder. I put in its "E-mail" field his first email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John1". I put in its "E-mail 2" field his second email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John2". When i compose a new message and i input in the "To" field "John1" the check names functionality tells me it finds more than one occurence of "John1", showing me both the addresses of John Due. That is clearly wrong since between the two "John Due" email addresses only one has a "Display as" field exactly equal to "John1". What's the purpose of having the possibility to input three different data for the "Display as" field related to the three possible addresses that one can create for a contact if the check names functionality can't use them and distinguish between them? Thanks a lot for your suggestion
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December 16th 08, 01:57 PM
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Use of contacts "Display as" field
"Michele" wrote in message
... I am using Outlook 2007. I want you kindly clarify me something i really don't understand. Let's make a quick example: I create only one contact named "John Due" in the contact folder. I put in its "E-mail" field his first email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John1". I put in its "E-mail 2" field his second email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John2". When i compose a new message and i input in the "To" field "John1" the check names functionality tells me it finds more than one occurence of "John1", showing me both the addresses of John Due. I don't think you can enter the Display As value in the To field and expect Outlook's Check Names to look for it. Rather, when you enter "John" and click "Check names", you'll see both mail addresses. When you choose the first, "John1" will show in the To field and be underlined. Choose the other and you'll see "John2". -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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December 17th 08, 11:19 AM
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I think you're expecting autoresolution to work differently than it does.
See Brian's explanation. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Michele" wrote in message ... What i mean is that even if you leave the default EDAs the issue i described occurs exactly the same way it happens when you customize the EDAs and it happens only and if only you have more than one e-mail address associated to one contact. Check on your own and you'll see it. Anyway if i am wrong i am happy to be corrected. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You're losing me with this statement: "Check names behaves exactly the same way it behaves when you leave the default created "Display as" fields." How could that be when you were asking autoresolution to resolve a name that didn't even exist until you changed the EDA field to contain it? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Michele" wrote in message ... I am doing simply what Outlook allows me to do, that is editing "Display as" fields. I think that changing the default format of the "Display as" field has its clear advantages: If my "Dad" has a complicated email address, for me it's easier to input and remember the word "Dad" instead of inserting his complicated email address. And, in fact, if you don't create multiple email addresses for one contact the "Display as" field can be used exactly for the above purpose, whatever you write in it. The problem arises when you associate multiple e-mail addresses for one contact. I know well that autocompletion is a workaround to that problem but it's not the point of what i am suggesting here, i am just wondering why giving the option to associate three e-mail addresses to one contact if they can't be resolved uniquely. And when you say "when you chose to override Outlook's default format for the Email Display As field, you also eliminated Outlook's ability to search on that field for autoresolution", that is wrong. Check names behaves exactly the same way it behaves when you leave the default created "Display as" fields . Thanks a lot for you ideas. Ciao "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Not really clear what you're doing or why, but I suspect when you chose to override Outlook's default format for the Email Display As field, you also eliminated Outlook's ability to search on that field for autoresolution. Why did you think you needed to change Outlook's format? To us autoresolution you'll probably need to enter a portion of the email address. Few people even use autoresolution nowadays because autocompletion is much easier to use and wouldn't have this issue. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Michele" wrote in message ... Hi all. I am using Outlook 2007. I want you kindly clarify me something i really don't understand. Let's make a quick example: I create only one contact named "John Due" in the contact folder. I put in its "E-mail" field his first email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John1". I put in its "E-mail 2" field his second email address and in its relative "Display as" field "John2". When i compose a new message and i input in the "To" field "John1" the check names functionality tells me it finds more than one occurence of "John1", showing me both the addresses of John Due. That is clearly wrong since between the two "John Due" email addresses only one has a "Display as" field exactly equal to "John1". What's the purpose of having the possibility to input three different data for the "Display as" field related to the three possible addresses that one can create for a contact if the check names functionality can't use them and distinguish between them? Thanks a lot for your suggestion
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