names dropdown list

[Elizabeth]

I have version 2002 SP-2 Outlook. Also, under
tools/options/email options/advanced email options, I
have "suggest names while completing" and "automatic name
checking" checked. I was recently moved from outlook
express to Outlook.

Now when I write a letter, when I start writing a name,
nothing happens. When I start writing an email address,
then I get a suggestion drop down list. , How do I get
names to do that,. I had no problem in Outlook Express.

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Outlook's AutoComplete feature, first introduced in Outlook 2002, only works
against addresses you've already typed in -- it doesn't work against
Contacts like the feature in Outlook Express does. However, if you have
"resolved" an address in your Contacts folder previously, either by clicking
CTRL+K or by trying to send a message to an incomplete address and then
choosing the proper address from Contacts, that name and address should pop
up as a suggestion next time. I think you'll find that after you've used
Outlook for a little longer, you'll have less trouble with this feature.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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