Auto-Complete Complication
My address book is not exceptionally organized. Some entries are complete; some reference a first name only, some a last name only and still others indicate the email address as the first name. I have to admit that some people are in the address book twice. Maintaining my address book isn't something I set aside time to do.
Recently, I was sending an email to my siblings. I entered the first few letters of everyone's name in the 'To' box, wrote the note and pressed send.
A secondary verification window opened. Before the email could be delivered, I had to confirm some of the selected recipients. So, I chose from an assortment of Joe s that the program has selected. The email program had identified names similar to Lori, too. It allowed me to select from 3 Gloria s, 2 Lori s and 1 Cloris. I made my selection and the email left my desktop and was wirelessly carried across North America to reach the 5 selected recipients.
As it turned out, I hadn't read the second window carefully enough. I selected Gloria, instead of Lori. That might have been OK if I had selected the Gloria that was my Mom, but such was not the case.
I realized what I had done, so I jotted off a note to my friend Gloria explaining why she was being asked to weigh in on the topic, and still giving her an opportunity to voice her choice. Then I sent Lori, the right Lori, the original note.
I've faced much teasing since then. I've refreshed my Outlook skills via the Knowledge Base at the Microsoft® website on How to Send Email (someone was kind enough to send me the link), and reviewed The Dos and Don'ts of Email.
1 comments:
Don't sit me next to any left-handed people . . .
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