Improved AutoComplete

Outlook 365 2016 2010 2007 2003
Outlook uses two features to resolve and complete names entered into email messages: AutoComplete and Autoresolution.

Autoresolution is the process of taking a full name and looking in your Contacts folder or other address book to see if a match could be found for the name (in the Message tab, in the Names group, click the button Check Names).

Check Names in Outlook 2013

If so, the name was resolved. If not, the name was marked as unresolved, and you could either choose one of a list of matching addresses or create a new address.

With AutoComplete, if you've composed an email to someone or replied to an email he sent you. After you've sent him an email or replied to one of his emails, the next time you choose to send him an email, you have to type in only the first letter or letters of his email address, and Outlook completes the rest of the address for you. This works great if none of your recipients have similar email addresses, but the minute you send an email to [email protected] and another email to [email protected], you'll quickly notice that you have a choice, when using AutoComplete, to type in an email address. As you type the first letter of the email address, S, Outlook displays a pop-up box enabling you to choose the address you want.

New message

If you send many messages a day to [email protected] and only an occasional message to [email protected], Outlook places the addresses you use most often at the top of the AutoComplete suggestion list.

You can turn AutoComplete on or off to suit your needs by following these steps:

   1.   On the File tab, click the Options button:

Outlook 2013 Options

   2.   In the Outlook Options dialog box, on the Mail tab, under Send messages, check or uncheck the Use Auto-Complete List to suggest names when typing in the To, Cc, and Bcc lines option to turn AutoComplete on or off:

Send messages Options in Outlook 2013

Please, disable AdBlock and reload the page to continue

Today, 30% of our visitors use Ad-Block to block ads.We understand your pain with ads, but without ads, we won't be able to provide you with free content soon. If you need our content for work or study, please support our efforts and disable AdBlock for our site. As you will see, we have a lot of helpful information to share.