Outlook 2003, and later, has a nice feature known as email-address-auto-complete. With it, you just type in the first few letters of the recipient’s name and choices begin to appear. Press the down arrow a few times, hit Enter, and you’re done. I use it all the time since it’s much faster than it is to click “To…”, search the address book, click “To->”, and then click OK. Outlook handles auto-complete by keeping a list of e-mail addresses you’ve sent, but it’s not too smart about it. For example, after a friend changes his e-mail address and you start using the new one, you’ll have both the old and new addresses listed. Luckily the fix is simple, if not obvious.

To remove an item from the auto-complete list, begin as you normally would by typing the first few characters of the name. With the list displayed, press the down arrow key until you’ve highlighted the address you want to remove. Now, press the Delete key. Presto! You’re done. You now have a shorter, simpler list to navigate next time.

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