E-Dog Night Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Ok, I just got a new job, and I'm trying to set up my Outlook. I've already added a bunch of people to my contacts list. I've already emailed a number of people using their full email address. The box to auto-suggest names once you start typing them in the 'To, CC & Bcc' fields is checked. (Tools>Options>Email Options>Advanced Email Options). Even so, I receive no suggestions when I start typing names into the fields. Nada, zip nunca. No one in the office has seen this happen before, not even the person "who knows everything about Outlook". Any suggestions? I'm not the fastest typist in the world and I really need this feature. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GibbsFactor Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Uncheck the box and type in the display name of the address in the to field. Then tab out of the field and it should recognize the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 Dammit! Didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Outlook does not use your Contacts list for this. The names that appear as a drop-down as auto suggestions are those you have already sent or replied to, not the entire Outlook Address book, Outlook has a cache, I think stored as a .NK2 file? You might be able to move this cache over from your old PC. Other than that, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalSkins Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 you can hit alt-k after typing a few letters of a name and it will complete it based on your contacts. Once you send them emails or receive from them, they will get stored in a cache and suggestions will populate without alt-k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herb mul-key Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 thats the ticket you need to send and type the whole thing out the first time and recieve a bunch before this will kick in with data in the cache to access Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedlightG20 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 First you should make sure you're only using one contact list for your Outlook account. Actually about 10 minutes ago I just realized I had two contact lists--your default contact list may be empty thus Outlook won't recognize names put into the other list. If that doesn't work, try reinstalling Outlook, or upgrading if possible. Try to start from scratch with a new pst file (Outlook data store). Finally, if you are using an Exchange server, there may be an issue between your Outlook installation and Exchange's GAL (global address lists), so you might have to contact the Exchange admin. Even then, I think user contact lists override active directory's GAL suggestions, but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 you can hit alt-k after typing a few letters of a name and it will complete it based on your contacts. Once you send them emails or receive from them, they will get stored in a cache and suggestions will populate without alt-k. That did the trick. Good old alt-k...so obvious...to nobody. Thanks man, I really appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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