Autocomplete is not working - how do I fix it?

[Kasey]

Hi. I upgraded my 2003 copy of office to 2007. I got the address book to
transfer over but the autocomplete function isnt working. I have the box that
says "suggest names" checked so I thought that would work. Anything that I
would need to do to make this work? It works on my other computer that We got
with office 2007 so I'm not sure why it wont with this one??

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Hi. I upgraded my 2003 copy of office to 2007. I got the address book to
transfer over

No you didn't, because Outlook's Address Book doesn't contain anything. Your
Contacts folder, however, does. The Address Book is just a view of the
COntacts folder.

but the autocomplete function isnt working. I have the box that
says "suggest names" checked so I thought that would work.

Why do you believe it's not working? The AutoCompletion feature does not
reference your contacts in any way whatsoever. It's simply a memory of the
most recent 2,000 addresses to which you've sent mail, regardless of whether
those address are in your Contacts or not. A new mail profile with a new
autocompletion file will take some time to build up a list of addresses. You
could transfer your old list from the other PC if you want, though. See this:
http://www.ingressor.com/autocompletetips.htm