Outlook completes the e-mail addresses you begin to type
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| Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 Microsoft Outlook® 2002 |
Outlook remembers and stores the e-mail addresses you type in the From, To, Cc, and Bcc boxes. When you begin entering a previously typed e-mail address, Outlook automatically recognizes it and completes the text for you. To accept a suggestion, all you have to do is press the ENTER key.
For e-mail addresses with the same first three characters, Outlook provides all applicable suggestions in a drop-down box. Use the UP ARROW key and the DOWN ARROW key to select the e-mail address you want, and then press ENTER. If stored addresses exceed seven, a scroll bar will appear.
NOTE To delete stored e-mail addresses from the drop-down box, simply use the arrow keys to select the e-mail address you want to delete, and then press DELETE.
To turn off automatic completion of e-mail addresses
- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click E-mail Options, and then click Advanced E-mail Options.
- Under When sending a message, clear the Suggest names while completing To, Cc, and Bcc fieldscheck box.
- Clear the auto complete stored data bt pressing the "Clear the stored auto complete addresses" button