{"id":365,"date":"2008-05-07T07:56:10","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T12:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alsplace.aldenbaker.com\/alsplace\/microsoft\/ms-office\/ms-outlook\/365\/how-to-avoid-an-embarrassing-mistake-in-outlook\/"},"modified":"2008-05-07T07:56:10","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T12:56:10","slug":"how-to-avoid-an-embarrassing-mistake-in-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alsplace.info\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"How to avoid an embarrassing mistake in Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ALL ADSENSE ADS DISABLED -->\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Date<\/strong>: October 15th, 2007<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Author<\/strong>: Susan Harkins<\/p>\n<p> <!-- \/contentData --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\">Have you ever sent an e-mail to the wrong person? If you&rsquo;re lucky, it didn&rsquo;t matter. However, it could be an embarrassing and even critical error. For instance, let&rsquo;s suppose you have two clients named John. You sent John Smith your regular fee schedule. Later, while negotiating a new project with John Smythe, you offer a discount. Oooops! Outlook just sent the discounted fee schedule to John Smith instead of John Smythe, as you intended. Just how did that happen?<br \/> It really isn&rsquo;t Outlook&rsquo;s fault. Usually, this kind of error occurs when you&rsquo;re in a hurry or distracted. You type <em>John <\/em>into the To box, take the first hit, and send &mdash; without realizing that Outlook&rsquo;s AutoComplete feature chose the wrong John. It happens&hellip;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\">There are two ways to complete an e-mail address:<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\">\n<ul>\n<li>Click the To button to view the Select Names dialog box, which displays names in first name order (unless you&rsquo;ve changed the sort order). You select the name and continue.<\/li>\n<li>You start typing a name in the To box. Based on the characters you enter, Outlook&rsquo;s AutoComplete feature displays a list of possible choices. As you enter more characters, Outlook narrows the list.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">The second method is the one that can get you into trouble. The AutoComplete feature updates its list so fast that it&rsquo;s easy to select the wrong item. It&rsquo;s a great feature, but prone to mishaps if you&rsquo;re not careful. You can disable AutoComplete as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">In the Mail window, choose Options from the Tools menu.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Click E-mail Options.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Click Advanced E-mail Options.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Uncheck the Suggest Names While Completing To, Cc, And Bcc Fields option.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Click OK three times.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"justify\">The truth is, AutoComplete is helpful and you might not want to disable it. I use it almost exclusively.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Another problem is that Outlook maintains a history of all the addresses you enter, not just the ones you store in the Address book. These names make their way onto the AutoComplete list, even if you don&rsquo;t want them. Additional names can throw a monkey-wrench into your routine if you don&rsquo;t expect them. 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