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
or wilson
or even lwilson
in the To:
field — I have to type out leigh 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 named lw
with her as the only member. Neither worked.
I'm using Outlook 2007 if that matters.
Best Answer
Ah, found it. Open the address book (
Tools -> Address Book ...
). Then, openTools -> Options ...
. Then move the (local)Contacts
address list above theGlobal 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.