Auto lookup across all address books in Outlook 2000

[Rebecca Owens]

Hey there:

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to make all address
books be available for the auto search in the TO box when
creating an email? I know if you type in the name and hit
the tab it will search whichever address book is the
default, is it possible to search the global list as well
as say a public address book. When I try it, it only
searches the one that is default.

Let me know what you think.

Rebecca

 

[Randy Moberg]

Did you ever get an answer on this one. Good question.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

You can do that now. Just right-click each contacts folder, go to Properties
and select "Show as e-mail address book". I've had multiple Contacts,
personal address book and a large public contacts folder automatically
searched.
Be forewarned, though, the more address books you add the slower resolution
is (especially if one is a public folder that has to be accessed on the
server) and the more likely you are to get too many matches.
Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
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