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.
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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.