Outlook contacts will not display when forwarding email

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JMWMS - 29 Dec 2007 03:10 GMT

Upon entering new Contacts and then trying to forward email by entering a
first initial, the "new" contact fails to appear. Previous entries do appear
as before, it is as though the new entry does not exist, yet it is in my
contact list?

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austex - 29 Dec 2007 06:32 GMT

the only time I had this problem is when my contacts folder wasn't set-up as
an address book. goto:

Contacts>choose contacts folder>right click on properties>outlook address book
make sure "show this folder" is checked

> Upon entering new Contacts and then trying to forward email by entering a
> first initial, the "new" contact fails to appear. Previous entries do appear
> as before, it is as though the new entry does not exist, yet it is in my
> contact list?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 29 Dec 2007 11:02 GMT

Entering the first initial where? I suspect you are confusing autoresolution
with autocompleiton. You must provide more complete and accurate information
for us to tell what your problem is.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> Upon entering new Contacts and then trying to forward email by entering a
> first initial, the "new" contact fails to appear. Previous entries do
> appear
> as before, it is as though the new entry does not exist, yet it is in my
> contact list?

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JMWMS - 29 Dec 2007 14:14 GMT

As in fordwarding an email, normally you can put an initial in the "TO" area
and all contacts with that initial appear, you select which one and it fills
in!

> Entering the first initial where? I suspect you are confusing autoresolution
> with autocompleiton. You must provide more complete and accurate information
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> > as before, it is as though the new entry does not exist, yet it is in my
> > contact list?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 29 Dec 2007 14:54 GMT

Wrong. You are using autocompletion which has nothing to do with your
Contacts.
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> As in fordwarding an email, normally you can put an initial in the "TO"
> area
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>> > my
>> > contact list?

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JMWMS - 29 Dec 2007 21:10 GMT

OK!!!Then why all of a sudden did autocompletion stop working as it had done
in the past? How does one get it to autocomplete?

> Wrong. You are using autocompletion which has nothing to do with your
> Contacts.
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> >> > my
> >> > contact list?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 29 Dec 2007 22:02 GMT

You never said autocompletion stopped working. You said you were expecting
autocompletion to pick up new Contacts to which you had not yet sent a
message, which obviously is not how it works.
Do you have another question now? Would you care to pose it along with the
relevant troubleshooting details?

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> OK!!!Then why all of a sudden did autocompletion stop working as it had
> done
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>> >> > my
>> >> > contact list?

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