Boost Your Outlook Efficiency:
Adding Contacts to Your AutoComplete List

Quickly populate your Outlook AutoComplete list with these simple steps, saving you time and effort.

✅Works for Outlook 365 & 2016
💡Add Addresses Without Sending Emails

Why Add Addresses Manually? Understanding the AutoComplete List

The Outlook AutoComplete list streamlines your email composition by suggesting recipients as you type. While it automatically populates, you can proactively add contacts to ensure frequently used addresses are readily available, even before you've sent them an email.
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This guide provides straightforward instructions for adding email addresses to your AutoComplete list in Outlook 365 and 2016, enhancing your productivity and preventing you from having to type out email addresses repeatedly.

Step-by-Step Guide: Adding Contacts Offline

Follow these simple steps to add email addresses to your AutoComplete list:
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1. Go Offline: Switch Outlook to 'Work Offline' mode. You can do this via the 'Send / Receive' tab, clicking 'Work Offline'.

2. Create and Address: Create new email messages, addressing them to the recipients you want to add to the AutoComplete list.

3. Send (to Outbox): Send the emails. They will be stored in your Outbox folder.

4. Outbox Check: Verify that your messages are now in the Outbox.

5. Delete Outbox Content: Delete all messages from the Outbox to prevent them from actually being sent.

6. Go Online: Switch Outlook back to online mode.

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Proactively managing your Outlook AutoComplete list is a simple way to save time and improve your email workflow.

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Important Notes and Tips: Key Considerations

The AutoComplete list has a limit of approximately 1,000 entries. Outlook will remove the least-used entries to accommodate new ones when this limit is reached.

Entries are sorted by usage frequency, with the most frequently used contacts appearing at the top. Keep an eye on infrequently used addresses, as they might be removed. Using this technique allows you to effectively manage your commonly contacted individuals.

This method works across multiple versions of Outlook (Outlook 365 and 2016). The process is consistent regardless of your version.