Autocomplete in Outlook 2003

[Guest]

I understand that Outlook 2003 will autocomplete e-mail addresses based on
Contacts that I have previously sent mail to. However, I am a recent Outlook
Express user and have grown used to having my e-mail program "autocomplete"
from my address book. Are there any tools, add-ons or plug-ins that would
allow this capability? I know that I will eventually have all of my Contacts
entered into the Autocomplete list, but a simple connection between the mail
message and the Contacts list would be very useful.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No such option. If you're really in such a hurry, you can populate your
autocompletion cache all at once:

In MS Outlook, go to tools, options, mail setup, send/receive. Uncheck the
"Send immediately when connected box". Next, press the Send/Receive Button
(in Options) and uncheck "Schedule an automatic send/receive". Finally,
click "Work Offline, or if you want to be extra careful, disconnect your
computer from the internet by removing your network and/or telephone
connection.

Now open a new e-mail, press the bcc or to or cc button, select the contact
folder you would like to bring into your NK2 (autocomplete) file. Select
all names by highlighting first and last contact and then add them by
pressing the OK button at the bottom. With your computer disconnected from
your mail server, press the send button. This will automatically populate
your autocomplete file with all of the selected e-mail addresses. Next, go
to your Outbox and delete the e-mail(s) that you just created. Go back into
your Tools, Options, Mail Setup, Send/Receive and change your options back
to the original settings. Remember to put your mail settings back and plug
in your removed cables.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the suggestion. That should work out great.

 

[Randy]

The short answer is yes. Outlook can be configured to go to the address
book when you press the To: button. However, if you want a solution to a
quick building of your autocomplete file, write me through my web site at
www.dcs-imaging.com. It's too lenghty to put here.

Randy

 

[Randy]

Sorry, I didn't read Russ' response, which is what I was going to send to
you.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You're welcome. It was Randy and his Owtlook development team at
www.dcs-imaging.com that came up with this workaround. I posted it with
their permission. If you value your NK2 file as a database, you may want to
look into their product for more robust ways to manage it.