I have a close coworker whom I email almost daily. Let’s call her “Leigh Wilson”. The global address book at my company has several other people with the first name “Leigh” and/or the last name “Wilson”, so when I create a new email I can’t just type
leigh
orwilson
or evenlwilson
in theTo:
field — I have to type outleigh wilson
.How can I make it so that I can type something short (e.g.
lw
) and have Outlook know that means “Leigh Wilson”?I tried adding her to my local contact list and then filling in the
Nickname
field (on the details tab). I also tried creating a distribution list namedlw
with her as the only member. Neither worked.I’m using Outlook 2007 if that matters.
Answer
Ah, found it. Open the address book (Tools -> Address Book ...
). Then, open Tools -> Options ...
. Then move the (local) Contacts
address list above the Global Address List
list.
This way, Outlook seems to treat my local “Leigh Wilson” contact as a definitive match, and doesn’t bother me to disambiguate it against the entire global address list.
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