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Re: Automatically adding previously used addresses to the address book in Outlook2016


 

Hi all,

Geetha, how did Outlook Express automatically add previously used addresses? I remember there was a setting where you could add an address by arrowing to add to address book, I think and then pressing enter, trying to remember the option directly above it, no, that just said address book, I think, I know there was also contacts which I never checked, thinking it's merely a duplication of the address book but when I typed an address in the to field that wasn't in the address book, it wasn't automatically there unless I think one could reply to all. I notice that in Outlook 2016, whenever I use an address and I type it nect time, it's there even though not in the address book, discovered that it's put into contacts, ctrl-y for go to folder and then to one's contacts folder or a quicker way I discovered by fluke once, I typed ctrl-n to do a new message ahdn then randomly typed f, can't remember what I was doing, I think trying to insert a plain text file or something, arrowed down and there I found some names that weren't in the address book yet though I'd used them, so you type ctrl-n and then any letter of the alphabet or number if the address starts with a number and arrow down till you find it, not sure if this helps and I usually delete such a contact until they reply and I then decide whether I want to use it again, in which case I open the message with enter, tab once and then do d for add to Outlook contacts and fill in the details and then tab to save.

Many thanks.

Ricky

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Geetha Shamanna
Sent: Tuesday, 08 September 2020 21:52
To: [email protected]
Subject: [office-accessibility] Automatically adding previously used addresses to the address book in Outlook2016

Hi all,

Unlike Outlook Express, MS Outlook does not automatically add previously used addresses to the address book. IN Outlook2016, is there a setting that one can configure in order to get Outlook to do so?
All the previously used addresses otherwise disappear when one migrates an email account and the corresponding .PST file to another computer.

Many thanks.
Geetha

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