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Outlook: Use "check names" to resolve a contact's second name

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trent1980

IS-IT--Management
Dec 18, 2002
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This is a very specific request so I'm just putting this disclaimer at the beginning ...

In outlook:
1. create a new email
2. type in a partial string and select "check names"
3. outlook will not return any contact unless the string matches the beginning of the full name, file as or display as.

ie. Your contact is:
Full name: Mary & Bob Smith
File as: Smith, Mary & Bob
Display as: Mary & Bob Smith

If you type in Bob and hit "check names", your search will return 0 contacts.

I have searched and played around with different plugins (xobni, lookeen ...) but none of them give the functionality I'm looking for. I'm looking for something, uncomplicated, that will return the contact above by searching for just "bob". (exactly like a blackberry does when creating a new email)

Does anyone know a workaround, plugin, or addon that can basically make contact searching like the blackberry without a ton of complexity?

Thanks in advance
 
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