Name typing in the "TO" line for last name recognition

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Published on 2012-03-22T18:45:05Z Indexed on 2012/06/22 21:18 UTC
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I have outlook 2010 on a Windows 7 laptop. When I go to send an email at the "TO" line and I start typing the name, if I start to enter the last name it will not recognize anyone in my contacts and will not auto-populate a list of all the names that fit the description of what I have typed so far. But if I start typing the first name first it will start this auto-choice feature based on what I have typed so far. The company I work for has 20k + employees and If I want to email someone like "Michael Hutch " if I type "Michael" it still gives me like 800 names to chose from.

My old laptop that had 2003 Outlook on it, had this functionality. Is there a way to enable this in Outlook 2010?

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