Default Contact Behavior - Outlook 2003

[Mark B]

Greetings!

Outlook 2003 (and earlier version(s)) used to open with the first contact
highlighted, which made it easy to type to find contact.

I've since lost that behavior, and must hit <ctrl><tab> to select the first
contact when first activating the contact view, and have the contact active.
I forsee carpal tunnel in my immediate future from adding the extra
keystrokes every time I switch to the contacts screen <G>.

How do I regain Outlook's original behavior? I've tried using outlook
/clearviews to no avail.

Thanks in advance,
Mark B

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Turn off the default "Outlook Today" display of your Personal Folders file.

 

[Mark B]

Russ,

That undocumented (or well hidden) tip did the trick, THANKS!

Mark B

Turn off the default "Outlook Today" display of your Personal Folders file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Greetings!

Outlook 2003 (and earlier version(s)) used to open with the first contact
highlighted, which made it easy to type to find contact.

I've since lost that behavior, and must hit <ctrl><tab> to select the
first
contact when first activating the contact view, and have the contact
active.
I forsee carpal tunnel in my immediate future from adding the extra
keystrokes every time I switch to the contacts screen <G>.

How do I regain Outlook's original behavior? I've tried using outlook
/clearviews to no avail.

Thanks in advance,
Mark B

 

[Jean Chicago]

Isn't it ridiculous that you need to forego using "Outlook Today" as your
startup page in order for the search mechanism in Contacts to work correctly.

Turn off the default "Outlook Today" display of your Personal Folders file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Greetings!

Outlook 2003 (and earlier version(s)) used to open with the first contact
highlighted, which made it easy to type to find contact.

I've since lost that behavior, and must hit <ctrl><tab> to select the
first
contact when first activating the contact view, and have the contact
active.
I forsee carpal tunnel in my immediate future from adding the extra
keystrokes every time I switch to the contacts screen <G>.

How do I regain Outlook's original behavior? I've tried using outlook
/clearviews to no avail.

Thanks in advance,
Mark B

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Misteaks happen.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Isn't it ridiculous that you need to forego using "Outlook Today" as your
startup page in order for the search mechanism in Contacts to work
correctly.

Turn off the default "Outlook Today" display of your Personal Folders
file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Greetings!

Outlook 2003 (and earlier version(s)) used to open with the first
contact
highlighted, which made it easy to type to find contact.

I've since lost that behavior, and must hit <ctrl><tab> to select the
first
contact when first activating the contact view, and have the contact
active.
I forsee carpal tunnel in my immediate future from adding the extra
keystrokes every time I switch to the contacts screen <G>.

How do I regain Outlook's original behavior? I've tried using outlook
/clearviews to no avail.

Thanks in advance,
Mark B

 

[Judy Gleeson]

Try using the Contacts Lookup Window too - it's on the Toolbar and says in
grey type - Type a Contact Here to Find. It works (most of the time). You
can type first, last or company name (most of the time).

--
Judy Gleeson
Acorn Training and Consulting
Canberra, Australia


see what Outlook training can do to improve productivity:
www.acorntraining.com.au/pdfdocs/ProductivITwithOutlook.pps

www.acorntraining.com.au/productivit.htm

Misteaks happen.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Isn't it ridiculous that you need to forego using "Outlook Today" as your
startup page in order for the search mechanism in Contacts to work
correctly.

Turn off the default "Outlook Today" display of your Personal Folders
file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Greetings!

Outlook 2003 (and earlier version(s)) used to open with the first
contact
highlighted, which made it easy to type to find contact.

I've since lost that behavior, and must hit <ctrl><tab> to select the
first
contact when first activating the contact view, and have the contact
active.
I forsee carpal tunnel in my immediate future from adding the extra
keystrokes every time I switch to the contacts screen <G>.

How do I regain Outlook's original behavior? I've tried using outlook
/clearviews to no avail.

Thanks in advance,
Mark B