Alias for contacts in Outlook - e.g. Bill and William

It would be great to find a contact when creating an e-mail with more than
one name - e.g. William, as well as Bill or Jim as well as James. If I put
in two contacts, then I have to update all the information for two and risk
not updating both.

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Outlook rightly considers Bill and William as separate entities - many
father/son combinations like this exist.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, jim asked:

| It would be great to find a contact when creating an e-mail with more
| than one name - e.g. William, as well as Bill or Jim as well as
| James. If I put in two contacts, then I have to update all the
| information for two and risk not updating both.
|
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| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
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|
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there is a nickname field

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Judy Gleeson - MVP Outlook
Acorn Training and Consulting
Canberra, Australia


see what Outlook training can do to improve productivity:
http://www.acorntraining.com.au/pdfd...ithOutlook.pps

www.acorntraining.com.au/productivit.htm
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote in message
...
Outlook rightly considers Bill and William as separate entities - many
father/son combinations like this exist.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, jim asked:

| It would be great to find a contact when creating an e-mail with more
| than one name - e.g. William, as well as Bill or Jim as well as
| James. If I put in two contacts, then I have to update all the
| information for two and risk not updating both.
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...id=9b0bfc10-fa
f9-4b58-8cec-56c9a933706c&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

But unfortunately the nickname field is excluded from any searches except
Advanced Find...
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Judy Gleeson MVP - Outlook" wrote in message
...
there is a nickname field

--
Judy Gleeson - MVP Outlook
Acorn Training and Consulting
Canberra, Australia


see what Outlook training can do to improve productivity:
http://www.acorntraining.com.au/pdfd...ithOutlook.pps

www.acorntraining.com.au/productivit.htm
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote in message
...
Outlook rightly considers Bill and William as separate entities - many
father/son combinations like this exist.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, jim asked:

| It would be great to find a contact when creating an e-mail with more
| than one name - e.g. William, as well as Bill or Jim as well as
| James. If I put in two contacts, then I have to update all the
| information for two and risk not updating both.
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...id=9b0bfc10-fa
f9-4b58-8cec-56c9a933706c&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.contacts