OE-Outlook migration 1 - names do not auto-correct

I recently moved from OE to Outlook.
Installed instMsiW, Win2000 KB835732 - 86 - ENU, Office XP (full file) Update, and Office XP (full file) SP3. (All seemed to be required by MS Updates site)
QUESTIONS:
1) Outlook still ID's itself as "2002 SP3." Is that the correct update?
2) All messages and addresses migrated successfully. Names of Contacts to whom I have "Replied" auto-complete. ("Auto-complete" is selected.) But the names of Contacts to whom I have not yet formally "Replied" do not "auto-complete" in new messages to them. Even after multiple new messages to the Contact, the name does not auto-complete. Actually, I can work around this by beginning a "Reply," copying the Contact name out of the "Reply," pasting it into the New Message, and then cancelling the fake "Reply." From then on, the name will auto-complete. But this is REALLY CLUNKY. There has GOT to be better way!

Describe more completely what isn't happening that you think should,
including all steps involved. "Autocomplete" means different things to
different people and Outlook has no "autocomplete" option to select. So I'm
not sure what you mean by that statement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stephanie" wrote in message
news
I recently moved from OE to Outlook.
Installed instMsiW, Win2000 KB835732 - 86 - ENU, Office XP (full file)
Update, and Office XP (full file) SP3. (All seemed to be required by MS
Updates site)
QUESTIONS:
1) Outlook still ID's itself as "2002 SP3." Is that the correct update?
2) All messages and addresses migrated successfully. Names of Contacts
to whom I have "Replied" auto-complete. ("Auto-complete" is selected.) But
the names of Contacts to whom I have not yet formally "Replied" do not
"auto-complete" in new messages to them. Even after multiple new messages
to the Contact, the name does not auto-complete. Actually, I can work
around this by beginning a "Reply," copying the Contact name out of the
"Reply," pasting it into the New Message, and then cancelling the fake
"Reply." From then on, the name will auto-complete. But this is REALLY
CLUNKY. There has GOT to be better way!

Russ: Sorry I've been so long getting back to you; Ms
Newsgroups has just been beeping at me whenever I try to
Reply or to Post a new Message. This dialog came up when
I pressed "Reply." It is titled "Post a New Message." But
I'll give it a try, since it's the best I've been provided
for two days.

Go to: Prefs/email/email opts/mess handling/adv email
opts/when sending:
"Suggest names when completing To, Cc, and Bcc fileds"

In OE, this behaved exactly like MSWord AutoComplete: I'd
type in the first few letters of the name of an
established Contact, and the system would complete the
name.

As I said, all my Contacts seem to have migrated from OE
to Outlook accurately.

-----Original Message-----
Describe more completely what isn't happening that you
think should,
including all steps involved. "Autocomplete" means
different things to
different people and Outlook has no "autocomplete" option
to select. So I'm
not sure what you mean by that statement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stephanie" wrote
in message
news
I recently moved from OE to Outlook.
Installed instMsiW, Win2000 KB835732 - 86 - ENU, Office
XP (full file)
Update, and Office XP (full file) SP3. (All seemed to be
required by MS
Updates site)
QUESTIONS:
1) Outlook still ID's itself as "2002 SP3." Is that
the correct update?
2) All messages and addresses migrated successfully.
Names of Contacts
to whom I have "Replied" auto-complete. ("Auto-complete"
is selected.) But
the names of Contacts to whom I have not yet
formally "Replied" do not
"auto-complete" in new messages to them. Even after
multiple new messages
to the Contact, the name does not auto-complete.
Actually, I can work
around this by beginning a "Reply," copying the Contact
name out of the
"Reply," pasting it into the New Message, and then
cancelling the fake
"Reply." From then on, the name will auto-complete. But
this is REALLY
CLUNKY. There has GOT to be better way!



.

That's not how it works in Outlook. Autocomplete uses a cache created from
messages you have sent, not the Contacts data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"stephanie" wrote in message
...
Russ: Sorry I've been so long getting back to you; Ms
Newsgroups has just been beeping at me whenever I try to
Reply or to Post a new Message. This dialog came up when
I pressed "Reply." It is titled "Post a New Message." But
I'll give it a try, since it's the best I've been provided
for two days.

Go to: Prefs/email/email opts/mess handling/adv email
opts/when sending:
"Suggest names when completing To, Cc, and Bcc fileds"

In OE, this behaved exactly like MSWord AutoComplete: I'd
type in the first few letters of the name of an
established Contact, and the system would complete the
name.

As I said, all my Contacts seem to have migrated from OE
to Outlook accurately.

-----Original Message-----
Describe more completely what isn't happening that you
think should,
including all steps involved. "Autocomplete" means
different things to
different people and Outlook has no "autocomplete" option
to select. So I'm
not sure what you mean by that statement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stephanie" wrote
in message
news
I recently moved from OE to Outlook.
Installed instMsiW, Win2000 KB835732 - 86 - ENU, Office
XP (full file)
Update, and Office XP (full file) SP3. (All seemed to be
required by MS
Updates site)
QUESTIONS:
1) Outlook still ID's itself as "2002 SP3." Is that
the correct update?
2) All messages and addresses migrated successfully.
Names of Contacts
to whom I have "Replied" auto-complete. ("Auto-complete"
is selected.) But
the names of Contacts to whom I have not yet
formally "Replied" do not
"auto-complete" in new messages to them. Even after
multiple new messages
to the Contact, the name does not auto-complete.
Actually, I can work
around this by beginning a "Reply," copying the Contact
name out of the
"Reply," pasting it into the New Message, and then
cancelling the fake
"Reply." From then on, the name will auto-complete. But
this is REALLY
CLUNKY. There has GOT to be better way!



.

Well, it (1) does NOT include names from new messages you
HAVE sent in the cache: after sending multiple new
messages to a Contact, the Contact's name still does not
AutoComplete; (2) DOES include names from "Replies" that
you have NOT sent.

The one work-around I've found is beginning a "Reply," to
a Contact,
copying the Contact name out of the "Reply," pasting it
into a New
Message, and then cancelling the fake "Reply."

From then on, the name will auto-complete. But this is
REALLY CLUNKY. There has GOT to be a better way!



-----Original Message-----
That's not how it works in Outlook. Autocomplete uses a
cache created from
messages you have sent, not the Contacts data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"stephanie" wrote
in message
...
Russ: Sorry I've been so long getting back to you; Ms
Newsgroups has just been beeping at me whenever I try to
Reply or to Post a new Message. This dialog came up
when
I pressed "Reply." It is titled "Post a New Message."
But
I'll give it a try, since it's the best I've been
provided
for two days.

Go to: Prefs/email/email opts/mess handling/adv email
opts/when sending:
"Suggest names when completing To, Cc, and Bcc fileds"

In OE, this behaved exactly like MSWord AutoComplete:
I'd
type in the first few letters of the name of an
established Contact, and the system would complete the
name.

As I said, all my Contacts seem to have migrated from OE
to Outlook accurately.

-----Original Message-----
Describe more completely what isn't happening that you
think should,
including all steps involved. "Autocomplete" means
different things to
different people and Outlook has no "autocomplete"
option
to select. So I'm
not sure what you mean by that statement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stephanie" wrote
in message
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...
I recently moved from OE to Outlook.
Installed instMsiW, Win2000 KB835732 - 86 - ENU,
Office
XP (full file)
Update, and Office XP (full file) SP3. (All seemed to
be
required by MS
Updates site)
QUESTIONS:
1) Outlook still ID's itself as "2002 SP3." Is that
the correct update?
2) All messages and addresses migrated successfully.
Names of Contacts
to whom I have "Replied" auto-complete. ("Auto-
complete"
is selected.) But
the names of Contacts to whom I have not yet
formally "Replied" do not
"auto-complete" in new messages to them. Even after
multiple new messages
to the Contact, the name does not auto-complete.
Actually, I can work
around this by beginning a "Reply," copying the Contact
name out of the
"Reply," pasting it into the New Message, and then
cancelling the fake
"Reply." From then on, the name will auto-complete.
But
this is REALLY
CLUNKY. There has GOT to be better way!



.



.

Create a new profile.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"stephanie" wrote in message
...
Well, it (1) does NOT include names from new messages you
HAVE sent in the cache: after sending multiple new
messages to a Contact, the Contact's name still does not
AutoComplete; (2) DOES include names from "Replies" that
you have NOT sent.

The one work-around I've found is beginning a "Reply," to
a Contact,
copying the Contact name out of the "Reply," pasting it
into a New
Message, and then cancelling the fake "Reply."

From then on, the name will auto-complete. But this is
REALLY CLUNKY. There has GOT to be a better way!



-----Original Message-----
That's not how it works in Outlook. Autocomplete uses a
cache created from
messages you have sent, not the Contacts data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"stephanie" wrote
in message
...
Russ: Sorry I've been so long getting back to you; Ms
Newsgroups has just been beeping at me whenever I try to
Reply or to Post a new Message. This dialog came up
when
I pressed "Reply." It is titled "Post a New Message."
But
I'll give it a try, since it's the best I've been
provided
for two days.

Go to: Prefs/email/email opts/mess handling/adv email
opts/when sending:
"Suggest names when completing To, Cc, and Bcc fileds"

In OE, this behaved exactly like MSWord AutoComplete:
I'd
type in the first few letters of the name of an
established Contact, and the system would complete the
name.

As I said, all my Contacts seem to have migrated from OE
to Outlook accurately.

-----Original Message-----
Describe more completely what isn't happening that you
think should,
including all steps involved. "Autocomplete" means
different things to
different people and Outlook has no "autocomplete"
option
to select. So I'm
not sure what you mean by that statement.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stephanie" wrote
in message
newsE2BB2BE-F4C2-4FA2-817A-
...
I recently moved from OE to Outlook.
Installed instMsiW, Win2000 KB835732 - 86 - ENU,
Office
XP (full file)
Update, and Office XP (full file) SP3. (All seemed to
be
required by MS
Updates site)
QUESTIONS:
1) Outlook still ID's itself as "2002 SP3." Is that
the correct update?
2) All messages and addresses migrated successfully.
Names of Contacts
to whom I have "Replied" auto-complete. ("Auto-
complete"
is selected.) But
the names of Contacts to whom I have not yet
formally "Replied" do not
"auto-complete" in new messages to them. Even after
multiple new messages
to the Contact, the name does not auto-complete.
Actually, I can work
around this by beginning a "Reply," copying the Contact
name out of the
"Reply," pasting it into the New Message, and then
cancelling the fake
"Reply." From then on, the name will auto-complete.
But
this is REALLY
CLUNKY. There has GOT to be better way!



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