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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / February 2005Auto complete nicknames does not work Outllook 2003
I have, as the help file suggests, re compiled the contacts cache but entering a contact nickname still will not bring up the associated email address. The contacts folder is set as the Email Address Book Whether or not it is pertininent I have also tried exporting the contacts file, and on doing so have found that the nickname data is not exported (tried in Excel and Access formats) What do you mean by a Contact nickname? Autocompletion has nothing to do with your Contacts data. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > I have, as the help file suggests, re compiled the contacts cache but > entering a contact nickname still will not bring up the associated email [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > file, and on doing so have found that the nickname data is not exported > (tried in Excel and Access formats) When you create a contact, on the "Details" tab, there is a field to enter a nickname for the contact. In Outlook 2000 when composing an email this field was also checked for a match from your contacts. > -- > Russ Valentine [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > file, and on doing so have found that the nickname data is not exported > > (tried in Excel and Access formats) Outlook has never used the nickname field for autoresolution except in IMO mode, and that was discontinued years ago.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > When you create a contact, on the "Details" tab, there is a field to enter > a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> > file, and on doing so have found that the nickname data is not exported >> > (tried in Excel and Access formats) Russ, see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011240661033.aspx this is the help topic that results from a search for the word "nickname" using the help feature within Outlook 2003. As I mentioned in my first post I have tried the solution it offers but to no avail. > Outlook has never used the nickname field for autoresolution except in IMO > mode, and that was discontinued years ago. > -- I know. That article has nothing to do with the nickname field. As I said, the nickname field is not used in either autoresolution or autocompletion. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011240661033.aspx > this is the help topic that results from a search for the word "nickname" [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> mode, and that was discontinued years ago. >> -- Russ, By now it should be clear to you that there is a vast knowledge gap out here in user-land as to what (if anything) the Nickname field in a Contact record is actually used for, and whether it is in any way related to the nicknames auto-assigned to each contact by Outlook and stored in the .nk2 file. There appears to be no help or description of this field in Outlook help, and none available online other than the page referenced by Mr Tiede earlier. I also used to use nicknames as an e-mail address shortcut in previous versions, and can't seem to do that now. And I don't even know what an IMO version is, and I can't believe that all my incarnations of Outlook were IMO without my knowing it. Besides, if Nicknames are not intended to offer an address shortcut, what the *&^%$#@ are they for? > I know. That article has nothing to do with the nickname field. As I said, > the nickname field is not used in either autoresolution or autocompletion. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >> IMO > >> mode, and that was discontinued years ago. The Nickname field has no connection to the autocompletion cache. It is simply a field in which to store the nickname of a person in case you can't remember it or want to use a more familiar name in a mail merge, for example. It is also a dysfunctional field. It does not survive an export of your data. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, > By now it should be clear to you that there is a vast knowledge gap out [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> >> IMO >> >> mode, and that was discontinued years ago. Read my other post. Then write to me at a sales account at the domain. I'll send you a document which will provide you with more information about this. Randy > Russ, > By now it should be clear to you that there is a vast knowledge gap out [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> >> IMO >> >> mode, and that was discontinued years ago. You may be interested in obtaining a utility for editing the autocomplete file at www.dcs-imaging.com/products.htm it's called Owtlook >I have, as the help file suggests, re compiled the contacts cache but > entering a contact nickname still will not bring up the associated email [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > file, and on doing so have found that the nickname data is not exported > (tried in Excel and Access formats) |
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