Autocomplete on Contact "nickname"

[Vicki]

In Outlook 2000/2003, I used to be able to both find a contact and address a
new email by typing the contact nickname that is stored on the Details Tab of
the Contact record. (For example, "mom" and it would find the correct record
for my mom.) This feature does not seem to work in Outlook XP.

Any idea how to turn it on?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Your memory is failing you. No version of Outlook had such a feature. Only
Outlook Express and the long defunct IMO mode of Outlook 2000 (which was
also used Outlook Express for its address book) would do this.

 

[Vicki]

No, Russ. You are definately incorrect. I am absolutely positive this
worked. I stored the Nickname on the Details Tab of the Contact record
itself (in the "Nickname" field). I was able to both find a contact and
address a new email with the nickname. I used it everyday from Outlook 2000.

You got me thinking though, perhaps I had the defunct IMO mode you are
referring to because the address book (wab.exe) was populated with my Contact
records from Outlook. Perhaps that's why it worked for me?

Thanks for the reply.
Vicki

Your memory is failing you. No version of Outlook had such a feature. Only
Outlook Express and the long defunct IMO mode of Outlook 2000 (which was
also used Outlook Express for its address book) would do this.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In Outlook 2000/2003, I used to be able to both find a contact and address
a
new email by typing the contact nickname that is stored on the Details Tab
of
the Contact record. (For example, "mom" and it would find the correct
record
for my mom.) This feature does not seem to work in Outlook XP.

Any idea how to turn it on?

 

[Vicki]

Poking around, I think my previous ability to Name Check on the Contact
nickname field had something to do with the defunct IMO mode you referenced.
Here's another post - by you - about sharing the .wab between Outlook and
Outlook Express:

"No they can't. Those instructions do not apply to any current Outlook
versions, including yours.
No Outlook version since the long defunct IMO mode has permitted sharing
with the WAB. You can re-enable it with a reg hack:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oeshare.htm

Note, that for later versions you may have to hack a different key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4

Russ - do you have more info about how to use this registry hack to get the
IMO mode to work again so I can: (a) populate/share the .wab from Outlook
Contacts and (b) get Outlook "Find" and "Check Names" (the Face/Check Mark
icon when addressing an email) to look for the contact based on the Nickname
in the Contact record?

Thanks,
Vicki

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No, Russ. You are definately incorrect. I am absolutely positive this
worked. I stored the Nickname on the Details Tab of the Contact record
itself (in the "Nickname" field). I was able to both find a contact and
address a new email with the nickname. I used it everyday from Outlook 2000.

You got me thinking though, perhaps I had the defunct IMO mode you are
referring to because the address book (wab.exe) was populated with my Contact
records from Outlook. Perhaps that's why it worked for me?

Thanks for the reply.
Vicki

Your memory is failing you. No version of Outlook had such a feature. Only
Outlook Express and the long defunct IMO mode of Outlook 2000 (which was
also used Outlook Express for its address book) would do this.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In Outlook 2000/2003, I used to be able to both find a contact and address
a
new email by typing the contact nickname that is stored on the Details Tab
of
the Contact record. (For example, "mom" and it would find the correct
record
for my mom.) This feature does not seem to work in Outlook XP.

Any idea how to turn it on?

 

[Brian Tillman]

You got me thinking though, perhaps I had the defunct IMO mode you are
referring to because the address book (wab.exe) was populated with my
Contact records from Outlook. Perhaps that's why it worked for me?

The Windows Address Book is the reason why it worked. That's really the
address book service both Outlook Express and OL 2000 IMO used and it does
behave that way.

 

[Vicki]

How do I get it working again? The address book (.wab) used to populate with
my Outlook Contacts. Now it's empty. How do I get them to share and how do
I get the "Name Resolve" and "Find a Contact" to look at the Nickname in the
address book to work again?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can't. Outlook will not do this.
No need to multipost.
You can force the WAB to use your Outlook Contacts as its data source with a
reg hack, but that will not restore the use of the Nickname field for
contact lookup.