Re: Autocomplete Suggestions

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I wasn't being picky. I was pointing out that your suggestion to use
autoresolution (aka Automatic Name checking) instead of autocompletion,
while a good one, would not have worked as written because autoresolution
would not have been invoked. I wasn't trying to post a comprehensive
clarification of the difference for the original poster because I knew you
were perfectly capable of doing that, and have.

I quite agree that it is not necessary for most users to know which feature
they are using or why. But because of the way Microsoft implemented its
newer autocompletion feature (which does not use Contacts data) as the front
door to its older autoresolution feature (which does), most users are now
hopelessly confused by this whole area of automatic address selection. Users
who prefer the older autoresolution feature (Microsoft calls it that, not I)
are often unable to invoke it until they turn off autocompletion, even
though that is not necessary.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mark R Penn" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uB05amW2FHA.2472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Point taken, though I think it's a tiny bit picky, especially as your "Not
> quite" comment didn't offer any clarification for the OP at all, and as
> there's nowhere in the interface that calls automatic name checking "auto
> resolution". Telling him to turn off auto completion and use auto
> resolution instead would have left him totally confused (and me) ;) I
> don't see that it matters whether or not he sees my solution as a separate
> feature, so long as it works for him.
>
> Users don't tend to think "which feature shall I use and what's it
> called?". They think "what steps do I need to follow to get this damn
> thing working as I expect".
>
> I wouldn't suggest turning auto complete off anyway, as it's a very useful
> feature in it's own right, and doesn't stop you from using auto resolution
> (I still prefer to call it automatic name checking).
>
> Edited version of my original post below for the benefit of the OP:
>
> AUTO COMPLETE IS more of a recently used list than a look-up list.
>
> INSTEAD, if you type "kr" and leave it at that BY CLICKING IN THE BODY OF
> THE MESSAGE OR IN ANOTHER NAME FIELD, RATHER THAN ON ANY OF THE
> SUGGESTIONS, the letters should get a red underline after a while, and you
> can then right click and get a full list.
>
> Alternatively, just put in kr, and then CLICK send WITHOUT CLICKING ON ANY
> OF THE AUTO COMPLETE SUGGESTIONS. So long as you have "Automatic
> name checking" enabled in Tools>Options>E-mail Options>Advanced E-mail
> Options you should be prompted with a full list when you hit send.
>
> Mark
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O44FMXW2FHA.2216@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I agree. You asked what is more helpful. I suspect that what is more
>>helpful is to provide complete information that you are suggesting he use
>>a different feature and how to invoke it. Most users do not know that both
>>features exist and get the two confused all the time. He will likely not
>>even discover autoresolution unless he turns autocompletion off since
>>autocompletion kicks in immediately and is hard to override unless you
>>know how.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Mark R Penn" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23Iirs8V2FHA.2216@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Exactly - auto completion doesn't do what he wants, so I described the
>>> alternatives.
>>>
>>> Q - "I can't get my car to do more than 40mph in second gear. It's
>>> really frustrating, I need to go faster; please help".
>>>
>>> Two possible answers:
>>>
>>> "You won't get it to go faster as 2nd gear doesn't support that"
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> "Second gear won't do it, but try 3rd and then 4th, that should do what
>>> you want".
>>>
>>> Which is the most helpful?
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:%23$uTAvV2FHA.4076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Not quite. You are describing autoresolution.
>>>> The original poster was asking about autocompletion.
>>>> The two features are completely different.
>>>> --
>>>> Russ Valentine
>>>> [MVP-Outlook]
>>>> "Mark R Penn" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:uPx2YVV2FHA.896@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> It's more of a recently used list than a look-up list.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you type "kr" and leave it at that, the letters should get a red
>>>>> underline after a while, and you can then right click and get a full
>>>>> list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alternatively, just put in kr, and then send. So long as you have
>>>>> "Automatic name checking" enabled in Tools>Options>E-mail
>>>>> Options>Advanced E-mail Options you should be prompted with a full
>>>>> list when you hit send.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>> "Erwin" <erwin31@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23iv%23UNU2FHA.2816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Why don't the names of all relevant contacts for which I have email
>>>>>> addresses appear in the suggestion list as I type the first letters
>>>>>> of an address.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Example: I have four contacts whose names and email addresses begin
>>>>>> with kr [kris] but only two of those show up on the autocomplete list
>>>>>> if I type "kr" [or simply "k"].
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Erwin
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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