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Auto fill not working
That's the way it works. You don't use autocompletion until you have sent
enough messages to populate your cache. If you want to send to your Contacts, just click on the To: button to see your recipient list. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Lisa" wrote in message ... I am simply trying to write emails to people that are in my contact list, and when I start typing their name or email address in the to: field, the field doesn't autocomplete. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Autocompletion has nothing whatsoever to do with your Contacts, so your theory cannot be correct. Clarify what problem you are having. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Lisa" wrote in message ... Hello, I know this is an old thread, but I am having similar problems, and I think I have narrowed it down to contacts that are categorized and contacts that are not, with the later being the ones that won't autofill. Have you all been able to find any new information or fixes? This is a seriously frustrating problem for me, and I don't know what "third party fixes" you might be writing about Russ. Thanks for your help, Lisa "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Excellent troubleshooting information which clarifies your problem. Autocompletion is enabled and works. However this is a feature that has been very poorly implemented by Microsoft. As a result, Outlook frequently loses the ability to write to the autocompletion cache, which is exactly what you are now describing. Until Microsoft addresses this problem, your only recourse is to create a new Outlook profile. It will work fine for a while, until Outlook craps out again. Hopefully, it won't. If autocompletion is an important feature to you and you want to be able to recover from these problems, you'll need to resort to third party software. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Carol" wrote in message ... To start with I should have to do anything to enable autocompletion as it is set to default when installed. After having looked to check by going through the following procedure it is enabled - tools; options; email options. Other than that I am afraid I do not know what I should be doing. But creating new emails still haves to go into address book a new window opens and I have to double click on contacts name to be able to place it in the "to" address bar. It does work now and again if I send 2 or more emails to the same person within a short space of time, but when I turn the computer on the next day then I have to go back to square one and go through address book. If I should be doing anything else (Outlook profile) etc. will you please let me know what I should be doing. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Still didn't tell us how you enabled autocompletion. If it is enabled correctly and if you are certain you have populated your autocompletion cache robustly, you will need to create a new Outlook profile to get it working. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Carol" wrote in message ... Version is Outlook 2007. When creating new email typing in receipients name I have to go into addres book and double click on the receipient before it will fill name into the (to). With Outlook Express once a name is started to be typed it would auto fill the remainder to save looking it up in address book. I have sent numerous emails to the same receipients. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: State your Outlook version. State what you mean by "auto fill," how you enabled it, and what isn't happening that you think should. State how many messages you have sent that would have populated your autocompletion cache. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Carol" wrote in message news Auto fill does not work when creating new email. I have selected it to be included in the options but still does not work. |
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