How do I turn on autocomplete in Outlook 2003?

[Guest]

I've just become the proud owner of Outlook 2003. When I type a name in the
"To" field, nothing happens.
It works ok in other email clients like Incredimail. Is there a setting I
can use to turn this feature on assuming it exists?

Any advice gratefully received

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The option is on by default.
I suspect you have not yet sent enough messages to populate your
autocompletion cache.
Just wait a while.

 

[Guest]

Russ
I'm very grateful for the info. I imported all my contacts from Incredimail
and expected them to work. I have hundreds in that address book!
Should they not autocomplete??

The option is on by default.
I suspect you have not yet sent enough messages to populate your
autocompletion cache.
Just wait a while.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I've just become the proud owner of Outlook 2003. When I type a name in
the
"To" field, nothing happens.
It works ok in other email clients like Incredimail. Is there a setting I
can use to turn this feature on assuming it exists?

Any advice gratefully received

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No.
Autocompletion uses a cache of names that you will populate as you send
messages.
Autoresolution (Automatic Name Checking) will use your Contacts data. If you
enter part of a name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K
[Check Names]), Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your
address book. If it can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on
the name to manually resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future
use.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ
I'm very grateful for the info. I imported all my contacts from
Incredimail
and expected them to work. I have hundreds in that address book!
Should they not autocomplete??

The option is on by default.
I suspect you have not yet sent enough messages to populate your
autocompletion cache.
Just wait a while.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I've just become the proud owner of Outlook 2003. When I type a name in
the
"To" field, nothing happens.
It works ok in other email clients like Incredimail. Is there a setting
I
can use to turn this feature on assuming it exists?

Any advice gratefully received

 

[Guest]

Many thanks Russ

It works! Microsoft have wasted a big opportunity there as Incredimail works
better in this respect
Thanks again
Tony

No.
Autocompletion uses a cache of names that you will populate as you send
messages.
Autoresolution (Automatic Name Checking) will use your Contacts data. If you
enter part of a name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K
[Check Names]), Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your
address book. If it can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on
the name to manually resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future
use.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ
I'm very grateful for the info. I imported all my contacts from
Incredimail
and expected them to work. I have hundreds in that address book!
Should they not autocomplete??

The option is on by default.
I suspect you have not yet sent enough messages to populate your
autocompletion cache.
Just wait a while.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I've just become the proud owner of Outlook 2003. When I type a name in
the
"To" field, nothing happens.
It works ok in other email clients like Incredimail. Is there a setting
I
can use to turn this feature on assuming it exists?

Any advice gratefully received

 

[Randy]

You might be interested in reviewing
www.dcs-imaging.com/autocompletetips.htm

Randy