Getting contact info to show in the "To:" field

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Johnny - 14 Sep 2005 21:27 GMT

When I would start to type in someone's last name their contact info that
was in my address book would show up. I had to reinstall outlook 03 on my pc
and now when i type their first or last name none of the info from contacts
would appear. If I send an email to someone outlook will remember that email
address. All i have to do is type in the first couple of letters and that
address will show. I rather not have it like that and go back to typing in
the last name and have their info show.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 14 Sep 2005 23:13 GMT

Your post is unclear. We have no idea where you are typing.
All autocompletion data is lost when you create a new profile. It will only
be repopulated as you send messages unless you make the effort to migrate
your former autocompletion cache.

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> When I would start to type in someone's last name their contact info that
> was in my address book would show up. I had to reinstall outlook 03 on my
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> letters and that address will show. I rather not have it like that and go
> back to typing in the last name and have their info show.

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Johnny - 15 Sep 2005 16:01 GMT

Russ,

Let me try to explain again what is going on. Prior to my reinstallation of
Outlook 2003, when I would begin to type in the last name of a person in the
"To:" the information from my address book would appear similar to
autocomplete. For example, if i typed "Valen" autocomplete would pop up and
show "Russ Valentine <russval@gmail.com>". After reinstalling Outlook 2003
the autocomplete is empty. Let say I sent an email to
"John@barcodedauctions.com" and this email address is in my address book
associated with John Doe. Now when I type Doe or John nothing shows up in
autocomplete. When I type the letter "J" autocomplte does will show
"John@barcodedauctions.com" instead of "John Doe
<john@barcodedauctions.com>". Ok hope this makes sense now.

Thanks,

J

> Your post is unclear. We have no idea where you are typing.
> All autocompletion data is lost when you create a new profile. It will
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>> of letters and that address will show. I rather not have it like that and
>> go back to typing in the last name and have their info show.

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Brian Tillman - 15 Sep 2005 18:59 GMT

> Let me try to explain again what is going on. Prior to my
> reinstallation of Outlook 2003, when I would begin to type in the
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> <russval@gmail.com>". After reinstalling Outlook 2003 the
> autocomplete is empty.

Correct, if you've created a new mail profile.

> Let say I sent an email to
> "John@barcodedauctions.com" and this email address is in my address
> book associated with John Doe. Now when I type Doe or John nothing
> shows up in autocomplete

Correct. Autocompletion is not connected with your Contacts in any way
whatsoever.

> When I type the letter "J" autocomplte does
> will show "John@barcodedauctions.com" instead of "John Doe
> <john@barcodedauctions.com>". Ok hope this makes sense now.

Most likely because you entered the address manually the first time you sent
a messge to that address after reinstalling instead of choosing it from your
Contacts folder.

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