Stop Auto Fill In

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Here's how to stop Outlook from automatically filling in the e-mail address when typing the name of a contact in the To: field.

Outlook's Suggest Names feature helps speed up routine e-mail activities. However you may want to get rid of it when, for instance, you have two or more e-mail addresses that are similar and Outlook keeps choosing the wrong one.

To turn this feature off:

1. Select Options from Outlook's Tools menu
2. Click on the Preferences tab
3. Clickthe E-mail Options button
4. Click the Advanced E-mail Options button
5. Uncheck the box, near the bottom of the dialog, labeled:
   "Suggest names while completing To, Cc, and Bcc fields"

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