Overview
If you already have Contacts saved in Exchange but are setting up a new Outlook profile, these steps can assist with generating an initial auto-complete list in Outlook.
Procedure
- Open Outlook
- In the top left of the mail pane, click to create a new message.
- Click the "To" button to search for Contacts
- Under "Address Book" select Contacts (or another list of your personal contacts if you have more than one)
- Scroll to the bottom of the list, hold the Shift key, and select the last contact listed. All contacts should now be highlighted.
- Click the "To->" button and wait for all of the names to populate
- Click OK
- Close out of the email message without sending it
- All of the names in your Contacts list should now be added to your autocomplete. You may need to repeat these steps if you have multiple different folders of Contacts.