Address book in Office

[Fido]

It was to my understanding that if your contacts were in your address book,
then all you do is type their name in the TO line and outlook checks the
names. When I type out the names of people in my contacts list in the TO line,
Office is finding other names ive sent emails to and giving me the option to
select the other names. Is there a way to disable Office to remember the
email address ive sent to and only remember the contacts in my address book?
I am running Office 2002 10.2627.2625

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

No, Outlook does not use the Contacts folder for auto-complete. It uses the
list of previous names to whom you have sent email.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Fido asked:

| It was to my understanding that if your contacts were in your address
| book, then all you do is type their name in the TO line and outlook
| checks the names. When I type out the names of people in my contacts
| list in the TO line, Office is finding other names ive sent emails to
| and giving me the option to select the other names. Is there a way to
| disable Office to remember the email address ive sent to and only
| remember the contacts in my address book? I am running Office 2002
| 10.2627.2625

 

[Fido]

Is there a way to reset or clear the auto complete in outlook?

 

[superdrool]

Only Outlook 2002 and 2003 support Autocomplete. Also known as suggest
names, this is the feature that shows addresses of people you’ve sent
messages to previously and you can select matches as you begin typing.
You can’t seed the list with names from your address book, the feature
collects them when you send new messages or reply. You can clear the
autocomplete cache by deleting the *.NK2 file for your profile or
delete one address at a time by using the arrow key to select it as you
type and then Delete. Like autoresolve, you can turn it on or off in
Tools, Options, Email Options, Advanced Options.