sending an e-mail using a contacts name in the address bar

I noticed that the manager at where i work is able to start typing a name and
it would auto populate the suggested e-mail and i was wondering how the
program does it because I can't get my personal version to do it with all my
contacts saved into the program. EX:
He would start to type "Smith" and it would have "Smith, John
(jsmith@hotmail.com)" and he could hit down and tab but mine I have to type
the address and names don't work. i would like to know how to set the program
to do that...

Thanks for any help, Ace

Outlook version please??? Do you have autocompletion turned on?

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After furious head scratching, Ace asked:

| I noticed that the manager at where i work is able to start typing a
| name and it would auto populate the suggested e-mail and i was
| wondering how the program does it because I can't get my personal
| version to do it with all my contacts saved into the program. EX:
| He would start to type "Smith" and it would have "Smith, John
| (jsmith@hotmail.com)" and he could hit down and tab but mine I have
| to type the address and names don't work. i would like to know how to
| set the program to do that...
|
| Thanks for any help, Ace

outlook 2003 WHere do i look to see if that is on or not? BTW I have it
linked to my outlook account with that special connector add-on

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> Outlook version please??? Do you have autocompletion turned on?
>
> --
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
>
> After furious head scratching, Ace asked:
>
> | I noticed that the manager at where i work is able to start typing a
> | name and it would auto populate the suggested e-mail and i was
> | wondering how the program does it because I can't get my personal
> | version to do it with all my contacts saved into the program. EX:
> | He would start to type "Smith" and it would have "Smith, John
> | (jsmith@hotmail.com)" and he could hit down and tab but mine I have
> | to type the address and names don't work. i would like to know how to
> | set the program to do that...
> |
> | Thanks for any help, Ace
>
>
>

Is your default account an HTTP account?(Hotmail)

Tools->options->email options->advanced->suggest names (autocompletion) -
for autoresolution, automatic name checking, same tab.

(Note - i may have these backwards - it is very late here)

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Ace asked:

| outlook 2003 WHere do i look to see if that is on or not? BTW I have
| it linked to my outlook account with that special connector add-on
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Outlook version please??? Do you have autocompletion turned on?
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Ace asked:
||
||| I noticed that the manager at where i work is able to start typing a
||| name and it would auto populate the suggested e-mail and i was
||| wondering how the program does it because I can't get my personal
||| version to do it with all my contacts saved into the program. EX:
||| He would start to type "Smith" and it would have "Smith, John
||| (jsmith@hotmail.com)" and he could hit down and tab but mine I have
||| to type the address and names don't work. i would like to know how
||| to set the program to do that...
|||
||| Thanks for any help, Ace

Yes, My account is Hotmail, I meant to say that in the first post but I
accidently said outlook instead of Hotmail, That is why I mentioned the
outlook connector thing being installed. I'm not sure if it is HTTP or not
seing on how the outlook connector thing is there, I know it was before I
installed the Add-On.

I checked the area below and this is what I found:
Tools->Options->"Preferences" tab->"E-Mail" section, E-Mail
Options...->Advanced E-mail Options...->
"Automatic Name Checking" and "Suggest names while completing To, Cc, and
Bcc fields" both are checked.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> Is your default account an HTTP account?(Hotmail)
>
> Tools->options->email options->advanced->suggest names (autocompletion) -
> for autoresolution, automatic name checking, same tab.
>
> (Note - i may have these backwards - it is very late here)
>
> --
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
>
> After furious head scratching, Ace asked:
>
> | outlook 2003 WHere do i look to see if that is on or not? BTW I have
> | it linked to my outlook account with that special connector add-on
> |
> | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> |
> || Outlook version please??? Do you have autocompletion turned on?
> ||
> || --
> || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||
> || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> || ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> || How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
> ||
> ||
> || After furious head scratching, Ace asked:
> ||
> ||| I noticed that the manager at where i work is able to start typing a
> ||| name and it would auto populate the suggested e-mail and i was
> ||| wondering how the program does it because I can't get my personal
> ||| version to do it with all my contacts saved into the program. EX:
> ||| He would start to type "Smith" and it would have "Smith, John
> ||| (jsmith@hotmail.com)" and he could hit down and tab but mine I have
> ||| to type the address and names don't work. i would like to know how
> ||| to set the program to do that...
> |||
> ||| Thanks for any help, Ace
>
>
>

Many of the options in Outlook only work with POP3 and Exchange accounts.
IMAP and HTTP (hotmail) accounts don't get the full integration with
Outlook.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Ace asked:

| Yes, My account is Hotmail, I meant to say that in the first post but
| I accidently said outlook instead of Hotmail, That is why I mentioned
| the outlook connector thing being installed. I'm not sure if it is
| HTTP or not seing on how the outlook connector thing is there, I know
| it was before I installed the Add-On.
|
| I checked the area below and this is what I found:
| Tools->Options->"Preferences" tab->"E-Mail" section, E-Mail
| Options...->Advanced E-mail Options...->
| "Automatic Name Checking" and "Suggest names while completing To, Cc,
| and Bcc fields" both are checked.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Is your default account an HTTP account?(Hotmail)
||
|| Tools->options->email options->advanced->suggest names
|| (autocompletion) - for autoresolution, automatic name checking, same
|| tab.
||
|| (Note - i may have these backwards - it is very late here)
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Ace asked:
||
||| outlook 2003 WHere do i look to see if that is on or not? BTW I have
||| it linked to my outlook account with that special connector add-on
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| Outlook version please??? Do you have autocompletion turned on?
||||
|||| --
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|||| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|||| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||||
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, Ace asked:
||||
||||| I noticed that the manager at where i work is able to start
||||| typing a name and it would auto populate the suggested e-mail and
||||| i was wondering how the program does it because I can't get my
||||| personal version to do it with all my contacts saved into the
||||| program. EX: He would start to type "Smith" and it would have
||||| "Smith, John (jsmith@hotmail.com)" and he could hit down and tab
||||| but mine I have to type the address and names don't work. i would
||||| like to know how to set the program to do that...
|||||
||||| Thanks for any help, Ace