Outlook Contacts/Address Book

[Terri]

Hi ~ I'm using Outlook 2007.

Feel like a dolt, but here goes... When I simply insert the first letter of
the person I'm emailing on the "To" line I get a list of email addresses
containing that letter. However, when I click on the "To" button instead, I
get my address book list ~ but most of my addresses aren't in there!

I know the addresses are in the system somewhere (because they come up
automatically as long as I put in the first letter on the to line), but I
can't for the life of me find them to integrate them into the actual address
book!

Help!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Autocompletion uses a cache of names of previous recipients. It has nothing
to do with and does not your Contacts. The Outlook Address Book (what you
see when you click on the To: button) shows the electronic addresses of your
Contacts.

 

[Terri]

Okay - then how do I fish these stored previous address out (they're in there
somewhere) and incorporate them into the address book?

Autocompletion uses a cache of names of previous recipients. It has nothing
to do with and does not your Contacts. The Outlook Address Book (what you
see when you click on the To: button) shows the electronic addresses of your
Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi ~ I'm using Outlook 2007.

Feel like a dolt, but here goes... When I simply insert the first letter
of
the person I'm emailing on the "To" line I get a list of email addresses
containing that letter. However, when I click on the "To" button instead,
I
get my address book list ~ but most of my addresses aren't in there!

I know the addresses are in the system somewhere (because they come up
automatically as long as I put in the first letter on the to line), but I
can't for the life of me find them to integrate them into the actual
address
book!

Help!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can't, of course. That ability is far too reasonable and useful for
Outlook ever to provide it. You can only access the autocompletion cache
using third party software:
http://www.ingressor.com/desktop.htm
http://www.nk2.info/
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Okay - then how do I fish these stored previous address out (they're in
there
somewhere) and incorporate them into the address book?

Autocompletion uses a cache of names of previous recipients. It has
nothing
to do with and does not your Contacts. The Outlook Address Book (what you
see when you click on the To: button) shows the electronic addresses of
your
Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi ~ I'm using Outlook 2007.

Feel like a dolt, but here goes... When I simply insert the first
letter
of
the person I'm emailing on the "To" line I get a list of email
addresses
containing that letter. However, when I click on the "To" button
instead,
I
get my address book list ~ but most of my addresses aren't in there!

I know the addresses are in the system somewhere (because they come up
automatically as long as I put in the first letter on the to line), but
I
can't for the life of me find them to integrate them into the actual
address
book!

Help!