Auto Fill Display Name

[HTS]

When I type a name in the to: field it will not recognize
John Doe but it will recognize doe, john before I
upgraded from 2000 to 2003 it would recognize John Doe. I
have been unable to find any setting that would fix this.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What you claim is not possible.
Outlook 2000 did not even have an autocompletion feature when typing in the
To: field. Only Outlook 2002 and 2003 do, and they use a cache of names
created from messages you have sent, not your Contacts.

 

[HTS]

What I "claim" is absolutely possible. I loive it when
someone doesn't know the answer so they try to "claim" it
is not possible even though I can walk down the hall way
and recreate what I stated below, good job MVP.

-----Original Message-----
What you claim is not possible.
Outlook 2000 did not even have an autocompletion feature when typing in the
To: field. Only Outlook 2002 and 2003 do, and they use a cache of names
created from messages you have sent, not your Contacts.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I type a name in the to: field it will not recognize
John Doe but it will recognize doe, john before I
upgraded from 2000 to 2003 it would recognize John Doe. I
have been unable to find any setting that would fix

this.


.

 

[Brian Tillman]

When I type a name in the to: field it will not recognize
John Doe but it will recognize doe, john before I
upgraded from 2000 to 2003 it would recognize John Doe. I
have been unable to find any setting that would fix this.

Youve already been answered in microsoft.public.outlook. Don't multipost.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Yeah, right. When I don't know an answer, I just make one up.
Get real.
You claimed that Outlook 2000 failed to recognize a name while you were
typing in the To: field. Of course it did. Outlook 2000 had no such feature.
That feature is called autocompletion. It did not appear until Outlook 2002.
Outlook 2000 had an entirely different feature called autoresolution. It is
not invoked until you finish typing and then leave the To: field and invoked
the "Check name" feature.

Read the following primer I wrote and get back to me with the part that I
have gotten wrong:

Autoresolution has been a feature in all versions of Outlook. Its purpose is
to resolve any name typed in the To: field of a new message to a valid
e-mail address. It searches all Outlook Contacts Folders that have been
enabled as email address books for potential matches and presents any
matches as potential recipients for the message. In the past, many users
have used autoresolution as a substitute for the autocompletion feature seen
in Outlook Express and other e-mail programs.



Outlook 2002 and 2003 added a true autocompletion feature to Outlook but
have also retained this earlier autoresolution feature. The combination of
these two features is awkward and can be confusing to novice users. Users
need to understand the differences between autoresolution and
autocompletion.



Autoresolution resolves the name after you've typed in the To: field by
searching through your Contacts Folders to provide you with the correct
e-mail address. It is enabled by checking the box for "Automatic Name
checking" in "Advanced e-mail options." To use this feature, follow these
steps:

1.. Open a new message.
2.. In the To: field, type the first three letters of an e-mail address
that is stored in one of your contacts.
3.. Tab or click out of the field or on the "Tools" menu, click "Check
Name." You can also use the "Check Name" toolbar button (the one that has a
red check mark and a picture of a person) or press CTRL+K.
4.. If you have more than one listing matching the name you have typed,
the name you type will have a red wavy line below it. You can now
right-click the name and select the correct name from among the
possibilities presented. That choice will then be stored so that the next
time you compose a message using that name, the name will resolve
automatically. You will notice, however, that the name will now have a
dashed green underline instead of a solid underline just to let you know
that other possible matches exist in case you want to select another of the
possible matches.
When you resolve a name in Outlook 97-2000, that information is stored in a
file with a "nick" extension so that name resolutions will be remembered
from one session to the next.



Autocompletion is a feature that is new in Outlook 2002 and 2003. As you
start to type a name in the To: field, Outlook offers to complete the entry
based on addresses, aliases, or names from e-mail messages that you have
previously sent. Note that this feature starts functioning immediately after
you have typed the first three letters in the To: field and does not require
that you Tab out of the field or hit CTRK+K. Also note that it does not use
your Contacts Folder as its data source but rather a cache of information
Outlook creates as you actually send messages. At first, the feature may
appear not to be working since it takes a while for Outlook to build its
cache. The autocompletion feature is enabled by default when you install
Outlook 2002 or 2003, but you can disable it by clicking "Options" on the
"Tools" menu, clicking "E-mail Options" on the "Preferences" tab, and then
clicking "Advanced E-mail Options," then uncheck "Suggest names while
completing."



In Outlook 2002 and 2003, both autoresolution and autocompletion features
function side by side. Curiously, both features store their data in the same
file. The file now has an "NK2" extension. Because both features are usually
in play, it is easy to get confused as to whether you are using
autocompletion or autoresolution. Just remember that autocompletion is in
play as soon as you have typed 3 or more letters (or just 1 letter in
Outlook 2003) in the To: field and remains in play until you click out of
the field or expressly invoke autoresolution by one of the methods listed
above. As long as one of the names suggested by the autocompletion feature
remains highlighted in the To: field dropdown, tabbing or clicking out of
the field will select that name as the sending address. If autocompletion
finds no matches in its cache (and therefore suggests no names) or if your
typing restricts the list so that no entries remain, then autocompletion is
no longer in play and autoresolution will take over once you tab or click
out of the field. In Outlook 2003, you can also invoke autoresolution at any
time by hitting "Escape" while typing in the To: field. Once autocompletion
is no longer in play, then Outlook will try to resolve the name you enter
against your various Contacts Folders, but not against the autocompletion
cache.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What I "claim" is absolutely possible. I loive it when
someone doesn't know the answer so they try to "claim" it
is not possible even though I can walk down the hall way
and recreate what I stated below, good job MVP.

-----Original Message-----
What you claim is not possible.
Outlook 2000 did not even have an autocompletion feature when typing in the
To: field. Only Outlook 2002 and 2003 do, and they use a cache of names
created from messages you have sent, not your Contacts.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I type a name in the to: field it will not recognize
John Doe but it will recognize doe, john before I
upgraded from 2000 to 2003 it would recognize John Doe. I
have been unable to find any setting that would fix

this.


.

 

[HTS]

First of all I have to apologize for being a jerk! I know
you don't make things up. I wasn't getting my point
accross very well. I found the answer in the KB if you
want to take a look it will explain what I was unable to:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;831124&Product=out

-----Original Message-----
Yeah, right. When I don't know an answer, I just make one up.
Get real.
You claimed that Outlook 2000 failed to recognize a name while you were
typing in the To: field. Of course it did. Outlook 2000 had no such feature.
That feature is called autocompletion. It did not appear until Outlook 2002.
Outlook 2000 had an entirely different feature called autoresolution. It is
not invoked until you finish typing and then leave the To: field and invoked
the "Check name" feature.

Read the following primer I wrote and get back to me with the part that I
have gotten wrong:

Autoresolution has been a feature in all versions of Outlook. Its purpose is
to resolve any name typed in the To: field of a new message to a valid
e-mail address. It searches all Outlook Contacts Folders that have been
enabled as email address books for potential matches and presents any
matches as potential recipients for the message. In the past, many users
have used autoresolution as a substitute for the autocompletion feature seen
in Outlook Express and other e-mail programs.



Outlook 2002 and 2003 added a true autocompletion feature to Outlook but
have also retained this earlier autoresolution feature. The combination of
these two features is awkward and can be confusing to novice users. Users
need to understand the differences between autoresolution and
autocompletion.



Autoresolution resolves the name after you've typed in the To: field by
searching through your Contacts Folders to provide you with the correct
e-mail address. It is enabled by checking the box for "Automatic Name
checking" in "Advanced e-mail options." To use this feature, follow these
steps:

1.. Open a new message.
2.. In the To: field, type the first three letters of an e-mail address
that is stored in one of your contacts.
3.. Tab or click out of the field or on the "Tools" menu, click "Check
Name." You can also use the "Check Name" toolbar button (the one that has a
red check mark and a picture of a person) or press CTRL+K.
4.. If you have more than one listing matching the name you have typed,
the name you type will have a red wavy line below it. You can now
right-click the name and select the correct name from among the
possibilities presented. That choice will then be stored so that the next
time you compose a message using that name, the name will resolve
automatically. You will notice, however, that the name will now have a
dashed green underline instead of a solid underline just to let you know
that other possible matches exist in case you want to select another of the
possible matches.
When you resolve a name in Outlook 97-2000, that information is stored in a
file with a "nick" extension so that name resolutions will be remembered
from one session to the next.



Autocompletion is a feature that is new in Outlook 2002 and 2003. As you
start to type a name in the To: field, Outlook offers to complete the entry
based on addresses, aliases, or names from e-mail messages that you have
previously sent. Note that this feature starts functioning immediately after
you have typed the first three letters in the To: field and does not require
that you Tab out of the field or hit CTRK+K. Also note that it does not use
your Contacts Folder as its data source but rather a cache of information
Outlook creates as you actually send messages. At first, the feature may
appear not to be working since it takes a while for Outlook to build its
cache. The autocompletion feature is enabled by default when you install
Outlook 2002 or 2003, but you can disable it by clicking "Options" on the
"Tools" menu, clicking "E-mail Options" on

the "Preferences" tab, and then

clicking "Advanced E-mail Options," then uncheck "Suggest names while
completing."



In Outlook 2002 and 2003, both autoresolution and autocompletion features
function side by side. Curiously, both features store their data in the same
file. The file now has an "NK2" extension. Because both features are usually
in play, it is easy to get confused as to whether you are using
autocompletion or autoresolution. Just remember that autocompletion is in
play as soon as you have typed 3 or more letters (or just 1 letter in
Outlook 2003) in the To: field and remains in play until you click out of
the field or expressly invoke autoresolution by one of the methods listed
above. As long as one of the names suggested by the autocompletion feature
remains highlighted in the To: field dropdown, tabbing or clicking out of
the field will select that name as the sending address. If autocompletion
finds no matches in its cache (and therefore suggests no names) or if your
typing restricts the list so that no entries remain, then autocompletion is
no longer in play and autoresolution will take over once you tab or click
out of the field. In Outlook 2003, you can also invoke autoresolution at any
time by hitting "Escape" while typing in the To: field. Once autocompletion
is no longer in play, then Outlook will try to resolve the name you enter
against your various Contacts Folders, but not against the autocompletion
cache.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What I "claim" is absolutely possible. I loive it when
someone doesn't know the answer so they try to "claim" it
is not possible even though I can walk down the hall way
and recreate what I stated below, good job MVP.

-----Original Message-----
What you claim is not possible.
Outlook 2000 did not even have an autocompletion

feature
when typing in the

To: field. Only Outlook 2002 and 2003 do, and they use

a
cache of names

created from messages you have sent, not your Contacts.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I type a name in the to: field it will not recognize
John Doe but it will recognize doe, john before I
upgraded from 2000 to 2003 it would recognize John Doe. I
have been unable to find any setting that would fix this.


.

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No sweat. But now I'm really confused. This solution applies to Outlook 2003
in cached mode. You said you were using Outlook 2000.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

First of all I have to apologize for being a jerk! I know
you don't make things up. I wasn't getting my point
accross very well. I found the answer in the KB if you
want to take a look it will explain what I was unable to:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;831124&Product=out

-----Original Message-----
Yeah, right. When I don't know an answer, I just make one up.
Get real.
You claimed that Outlook 2000 failed to recognize a name while you were
typing in the To: field. Of course it did. Outlook 2000 had no such feature.
That feature is called autocompletion. It did not appear until Outlook 2002.
Outlook 2000 had an entirely different feature called autoresolution. It is
not invoked until you finish typing and then leave the To: field and invoked
the "Check name" feature.

Read the following primer I wrote and get back to me with the part that I
have gotten wrong:

Autoresolution has been a feature in all versions of Outlook. Its purpose is
to resolve any name typed in the To: field of a new message to a valid
e-mail address. It searches all Outlook Contacts Folders that have been
enabled as email address books for potential matches and presents any
matches as potential recipients for the message. In the past, many users
have used autoresolution as a substitute for the autocompletion feature seen
in Outlook Express and other e-mail programs.



Outlook 2002 and 2003 added a true autocompletion feature to Outlook but
have also retained this earlier autoresolution feature. The combination of
these two features is awkward and can be confusing to novice users. Users
need to understand the differences between autoresolution and
autocompletion.



Autoresolution resolves the name after you've typed in the To: field by
searching through your Contacts Folders to provide you with the correct
e-mail address. It is enabled by checking the box for "Automatic Name
checking" in "Advanced e-mail options." To use this feature, follow these
steps:

1.. Open a new message.
2.. In the To: field, type the first three letters of an e-mail address
that is stored in one of your contacts.
3.. Tab or click out of the field or on the "Tools" menu, click "Check
Name." You can also use the "Check Name" toolbar button (the one that has a
red check mark and a picture of a person) or press CTRL+K.
4.. If you have more than one listing matching the name you have typed,
the name you type will have a red wavy line below it. You can now
right-click the name and select the correct name from among the
possibilities presented. That choice will then be stored so that the next
time you compose a message using that name, the name will resolve
automatically. You will notice, however, that the name will now have a
dashed green underline instead of a solid underline just to let you know
that other possible matches exist in case you want to select another of the
possible matches.
When you resolve a name in Outlook 97-2000, that information is stored in a
file with a "nick" extension so that name resolutions will be remembered
from one session to the next.



Autocompletion is a feature that is new in Outlook 2002 and 2003. As you
start to type a name in the To: field, Outlook offers to complete the entry
based on addresses, aliases, or names from e-mail messages that you have
previously sent. Note that this feature starts functioning immediately after
you have typed the first three letters in the To: field and does not require
that you Tab out of the field or hit CTRK+K. Also note that it does not use
your Contacts Folder as its data source but rather a cache of information
Outlook creates as you actually send messages. At first, the feature may
appear not to be working since it takes a while for Outlook to build its
cache. The autocompletion feature is enabled by default when you install
Outlook 2002 or 2003, but you can disable it by clicking "Options" on the
"Tools" menu, clicking "E-mail Options" on

the "Preferences" tab, and then

clicking "Advanced E-mail Options," then uncheck "Suggest names while
completing."



In Outlook 2002 and 2003, both autoresolution and autocompletion features
function side by side. Curiously, both features store their data in the same
file. The file now has an "NK2" extension. Because both features are usually
in play, it is easy to get confused as to whether you are using
autocompletion or autoresolution. Just remember that autocompletion is in
play as soon as you have typed 3 or more letters (or just 1 letter in
Outlook 2003) in the To: field and remains in play until you click out of
the field or expressly invoke autoresolution by one of the methods listed
above. As long as one of the names suggested by the autocompletion feature
remains highlighted in the To: field dropdown, tabbing or clicking out of
the field will select that name as the sending address. If autocompletion
finds no matches in its cache (and therefore suggests no names) or if your
typing restricts the list so that no entries remain, then autocompletion is
no longer in play and autoresolution will take over once you tab or click
out of the field. In Outlook 2003, you can also invoke autoresolution at any
time by hitting "Escape" while typing in the To: field. Once autocompletion
is no longer in play, then Outlook will try to resolve the name you enter
against your various Contacts Folders, but not against the autocompletion
cache.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What I "claim" is absolutely possible. I loive it when
someone doesn't know the answer so they try to "claim" it
is not possible even though I can walk down the hall way
and recreate what I stated below, good job MVP.
-----Original Message-----
What you claim is not possible.
Outlook 2000 did not even have an autocompletion feature
when typing in the
To: field. Only Outlook 2002 and 2003 do, and they use a
cache of names
created from messages you have sent, not your Contacts.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
When I type a name in the to: field it will not
recognize
John Doe but it will recognize doe, john before I
upgraded from 2000 to 2003 it would recognize John
Doe. I
have been unable to find any setting that would fix
this.


.

.

 

[HTS]

What I said was I upgraded from 2000 to 2003 and that is
when the check name function stopped working the way it
originally did, but I failed to mention that I was using
cached exchange mode, which I didn't even think about
when I was trouble shooting, anyway thanks again for your
help.

-----Original Message-----
No sweat. But now I'm really confused. This solution applies to Outlook 2003
in cached mode. You said you were using Outlook 2000.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

First of all I have to apologize for being a jerk! I know
you don't make things up. I wasn't getting my point
accross very well. I found the answer in the KB if you
want to take a look it will explain what I was unable to:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;831124&Product=out

-----Original Message-----
Yeah, right. When I don't know an answer, I just make one up.
Get real.
You claimed that Outlook 2000 failed to recognize a

name
while you were

typing in the To: field. Of course it did. Outlook 2000 had no such feature.
That feature is called autocompletion. It did not

appear
until Outlook 2002.

Outlook 2000 had an entirely different feature called autoresolution. It is
not invoked until you finish typing and then leave the To: field and invoked
the "Check name" feature.

Read the following primer I wrote and get back to me with the part that I
have gotten wrong:

Autoresolution has been a feature in all versions of Outlook. Its purpose is
to resolve any name typed in the To: field of a new message to a valid
e-mail address. It searches all Outlook Contacts

Folders
that have been

enabled as email address books for potential matches

and
presents any

matches as potential recipients for the message. In the past, many users
have used autoresolution as a substitute for the autocompletion feature seen
in Outlook Express and other e-mail programs.



Outlook 2002 and 2003 added a true autocompletion feature to Outlook but
have also retained this earlier autoresolution feature. The combination of
these two features is awkward and can be confusing to novice users. Users
need to understand the differences between autoresolution and
autocompletion.



Autoresolution resolves the name after you've typed in the To: field by
searching through your Contacts Folders to provide you with the correct
e-mail address. It is enabled by checking the box for "Automatic Name
checking" in "Advanced e-mail options." To use this feature, follow these
steps:

1.. Open a new message.
2.. In the To: field, type the first three letters of an e-mail address
that is stored in one of your contacts.
3.. Tab or click out of the field or on the "Tools" menu, click "Check
Name." You can also use the "Check Name" toolbar button (the one that has a
red check mark and a picture of a person) or press CTRL+K.
4.. If you have more than one listing matching the name you have typed,
the name you type will have a red wavy line below it. You can now
right-click the name and select the correct name from among the
possibilities presented. That choice will then be

stored
so that the next

time you compose a message using that name, the name will resolve
automatically. You will notice, however, that the name will now have a
dashed green underline instead of a solid underline

just
to let you know

that other possible matches exist in case you want to select another of the
possible matches.
When you resolve a name in Outlook 97-2000, that information is stored in a
file with a "nick" extension so that name resolutions will be remembered
from one session to the next.



Autocompletion is a feature that is new in Outlook 2002 and 2003. As you
start to type a name in the To: field, Outlook offers

to
complete the entry

based on addresses, aliases, or names from e-mail messages that you have
previously sent. Note that this feature starts functioning immediately after
you have typed the first three letters in the To: field and does not require
that you Tab out of the field or hit CTRK+K. Also note that it does not use
your Contacts Folder as its data source but rather a cache of information
Outlook creates as you actually send messages. At

first,
the feature may

appear not to be working since it takes a while for Outlook to build its
cache. The autocompletion feature is enabled by default when you install
Outlook 2002 or 2003, but you can disable it by clicking "Options" on the
"Tools" menu, clicking "E-mail Options" on

the "Preferences" tab, and then

clicking "Advanced E-mail Options," then uncheck "Suggest names while
completing."



In Outlook 2002 and 2003, both autoresolution and autocompletion features
function side by side. Curiously, both features store their data in the same
file. The file now has an "NK2" extension. Because both features are usually
in play, it is easy to get confused as to whether you are using
autocompletion or autoresolution. Just remember that autocompletion is in
play as soon as you have typed 3 or more letters (or just 1 letter in
Outlook 2003) in the To: field and remains in play

until
you click out of

the field or expressly invoke autoresolution by one of the methods listed
above. As long as one of the names suggested by the autocompletion feature
remains highlighted in the To: field dropdown, tabbing or clicking out of
the field will select that name as the sending address. If autocompletion
finds no matches in its cache (and therefore suggests

no
names) or if your

typing restricts the list so that no entries remain, then autocompletion is
no longer in play and autoresolution will take over

once
you tab or click

out of the field. In Outlook 2003, you can also invoke autoresolution at any
time by hitting "Escape" while typing in the To: field. Once autocompletion
is no longer in play, then Outlook will try to resolve the name you enter
against your various Contacts Folders, but not against the autocompletion
cache.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What I "claim" is absolutely possible. I loive it when
someone doesn't know the answer so they try

to "claim"
it

is not possible even though I can walk down the hall way
and recreate what I stated below, good job MVP.
-----Original Message-----
What you claim is not possible.
Outlook 2000 did not even have an autocompletion feature
when typing in the
To: field. Only Outlook 2002 and 2003 do, and they

use
a

cache of names
created from messages you have sent, not your Contacts.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
When I type a name in the to: field it will not
recognize
John Doe but it will recognize doe, john before I
upgraded from 2000 to 2003 it would recognize John
Doe. I
have been unable to find any setting that would fix
this.


.



.

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Aha. Right. So you did. That explains it.
This forced transition from autoresolution to autocompletion (with
exceptionally poor documentation from Microsoft on the difference) has left
us all a bit confused.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What I said was I upgraded from 2000 to 2003 and that is
when the check name function stopped working the way it
originally did, but I failed to mention that I was using
cached exchange mode, which I didn't even think about
when I was trouble shooting, anyway thanks again for your
help.

-----Original Message-----
No sweat. But now I'm really confused. This solution applies to Outlook 2003
in cached mode. You said you were using Outlook 2000.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

First of all I have to apologize for being a jerk! I know
you don't make things up. I wasn't getting my point
accross very well. I found the answer in the KB if you
want to take a look it will explain what I was unable to:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;831124&Product=out

-----Original Message-----
Yeah, right. When I don't know an answer, I just make
one up.
Get real.
You claimed that Outlook 2000 failed to recognize a name
while you were
typing in the To: field. Of course it did. Outlook 2000
had no such feature.
That feature is called autocompletion. It did not appear
until Outlook 2002.
Outlook 2000 had an entirely different feature called
autoresolution. It is
not invoked until you finish typing and then leave the
To: field and invoked
the "Check name" feature.

Read the following primer I wrote and get back to me
with the part that I
have gotten wrong:

Autoresolution has been a feature in all versions of
Outlook. Its purpose is
to resolve any name typed in the To: field of a new
message to a valid
e-mail address. It searches all Outlook Contacts Folders
that have been
enabled as email address books for potential matches and
presents any
matches as potential recipients for the message. In the
past, many users
have used autoresolution as a substitute for the
autocompletion feature seen
in Outlook Express and other e-mail programs.



Outlook 2002 and 2003 added a true autocompletion
feature to Outlook but
have also retained this earlier autoresolution feature.
The combination of
these two features is awkward and can be confusing to
novice users. Users
need to understand the differences between
autoresolution and
autocompletion.



Autoresolution resolves the name after you've typed in
the To: field by
searching through your Contacts Folders to provide you
with the correct
e-mail address. It is enabled by checking the box
for "Automatic Name
checking" in "Advanced e-mail options." To use this
feature, follow these
steps:

1.. Open a new message.
2.. In the To: field, type the first three letters of
an e-mail address
that is stored in one of your contacts.
3.. Tab or click out of the field or on the "Tools"
menu, click "Check
Name." You can also use the "Check Name" toolbar button
(the one that has a
red check mark and a picture of a person) or press
CTRL+K.
4.. If you have more than one listing matching the
name you have typed,
the name you type will have a red wavy line below it.
You can now
right-click the name and select the correct name from
among the
possibilities presented. That choice will then be stored
so that the next
time you compose a message using that name, the name
will resolve
automatically. You will notice, however, that the name
will now have a
dashed green underline instead of a solid underline just
to let you know
that other possible matches exist in case you want to
select another of the
possible matches.
When you resolve a name in Outlook 97-2000, that
information is stored in a
file with a "nick" extension so that name resolutions
will be remembered
from one session to the next.



Autocompletion is a feature that is new in Outlook 2002
and 2003. As you
start to type a name in the To: field, Outlook offers to
complete the entry
based on addresses, aliases, or names from e-mail
messages that you have
previously sent. Note that this feature starts
functioning immediately after
you have typed the first three letters in the To: field
and does not require
that you Tab out of the field or hit CTRK+K. Also note
that it does not use
your Contacts Folder as its data source but rather a
cache of information
Outlook creates as you actually send messages. At first,
the feature may
appear not to be working since it takes a while for
Outlook to build its
cache. The autocompletion feature is enabled by default
when you install
Outlook 2002 or 2003, but you can disable it by
clicking "Options" on the
"Tools" menu, clicking "E-mail Options" on
the "Preferences" tab, and then
clicking "Advanced E-mail Options," then
uncheck "Suggest names while
completing."



In Outlook 2002 and 2003, both autoresolution and
autocompletion features
function side by side. Curiously, both features store
their data in the same
file. The file now has an "NK2" extension. Because both
features are usually
in play, it is easy to get confused as to whether you
are using
autocompletion or autoresolution. Just remember that
autocompletion is in
play as soon as you have typed 3 or more letters (or
just 1 letter in
Outlook 2003) in the To: field and remains in play until
you click out of
the field or expressly invoke autoresolution by one of
the methods listed
above. As long as one of the names suggested by the
autocompletion feature
remains highlighted in the To: field dropdown, tabbing
or clicking out of
the field will select that name as the sending address.
If autocompletion
finds no matches in its cache (and therefore suggests no
names) or if your
typing restricts the list so that no entries remain,
then autocompletion is
no longer in play and autoresolution will take over once
you tab or click
out of the field. In Outlook 2003, you can also invoke
autoresolution at any
time by hitting "Escape" while typing in the To: field.
Once autocompletion
is no longer in play, then Outlook will try to resolve
the name you enter
against your various Contacts Folders, but not against
the autocompletion
cache.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

message
What I "claim" is absolutely possible. I loive it when
someone doesn't know the answer so they try to "claim"
it
is not possible even though I can walk down the hall
way
and recreate what I stated below, good job MVP.
-----Original Message-----
What you claim is not possible.
Outlook 2000 did not even have an autocompletion
feature
when typing in the
To: field. Only Outlook 2002 and 2003 do, and they use
a
cache of names
created from messages you have sent, not your Contacts.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
When I type a name in the to: field it will not
recognize
John Doe but it will recognize doe, john before I
upgraded from 2000 to 2003 it would recognize John
Doe. I
have been unable to find any setting that would fix
this.


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