I'm using Outlook 2003 and I've migrated my contacts from earlier versions.
I have both 'Automatic name checking' and 'Suggest names while completing To,
CC, and Bcc fields' checked. I've read
http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm. I have one profile called
Outlook which I believe is an NK2 file.

My problem is that I get either autocomplete or autoresolution (I don't know
which) to work on a few of my contacts but not on most of them. I cannot
recognize any pattern on which are recognized and which are not. I'm talking
about addresses that I've previously sent messages to. My questions are:

How can I tell if I'm using autocomplete or autoresolution when it does work?

How can I see if I have an aliase defined for a certain contact?

I think I'd prefer to use autoresolution and define my own aliases but how
do I define an aliase?

Is there anything else I should know about this?

When it doesn't work, click on Check Names on the menu and more suggestions
will come up. The Auto Complete feature is a dynamic list of previously used
addresses. Check Names uses your contacts list.

"grok" wrote:

> I'm using Outlook 2003 and I've migrated my contacts from earlier versions.
> I have both 'Automatic name checking' and 'Suggest names while completing To,
> CC, and Bcc fields' checked. I've read
> http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm. I have one profile called
> Outlook which I believe is an NK2 file.
>
> My problem is that I get either autocomplete or autoresolution (I don't know
> which) to work on a few of my contacts but not on most of them. I cannot
> recognize any pattern on which are recognized and which are not. I'm talking
> about addresses that I've previously sent messages to. My questions are:
>
> How can I tell if I'm using autocomplete or autoresolution when it does work?
>
> How can I see if I have an aliase defined for a certain contact?
>
> I think I'd prefer to use autoresolution and define my own aliases but how
> do I define an aliase?
>
> Is there anything else I should know about this?

I've posted a comparison of the two features here:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"grok" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:07D64F57-769A-4F24-943B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm using Outlook 2003 and I've migrated my contacts from earlier
> versions.
> I have both 'Automatic name checking' and 'Suggest names while completing
> To,
> CC, and Bcc fields' checked. I've read
> http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm. I have one profile called
> Outlook which I believe is an NK2 file.
>
> My problem is that I get either autocomplete or autoresolution (I don't
> know
> which) to work on a few of my contacts but not on most of them. I cannot
> recognize any pattern on which are recognized and which are not. I'm
> talking
> about addresses that I've previously sent messages to. My questions are:
>
> How can I tell if I'm using autocomplete or autoresolution when it does
> work?
>
> How can I see if I have an aliase defined for a certain contact?
>
> I think I'd prefer to use autoresolution and define my own aliases but how
> do I define an aliase?
>
> Is there anything else I should know about this?

Thank you Mary and Russ.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> I've posted a comparison of the two features here:
> http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm
>
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "grok" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:07D64F57-769A-4F24-943B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm using Outlook 2003 and I've migrated my contacts from earlier
> > versions.
> > I have both 'Automatic name checking' and 'Suggest names while completing
> > To,
> > CC, and Bcc fields' checked. I've read
> > http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm. I have one profile called
> > Outlook which I believe is an NK2 file.
> >
> > My problem is that I get either autocomplete or autoresolution (I don't
> > know
> > which) to work on a few of my contacts but not on most of them. I cannot
> > recognize any pattern on which are recognized and which are not. I'm
> > talking
> > about addresses that I've previously sent messages to. My questions are:
> >
> > How can I tell if I'm using autocomplete or autoresolution when it does
> > work?
> >
> > How can I see if I have an aliase defined for a certain contact?
> >
> > I think I'd prefer to use autoresolution and define my own aliases but how
> > do I define an aliase?
> >
> > Is there anything else I should know about this?
>
>
>