[X4U] Apple's Address Book and autofill...

[B. Kuestner]

> When filling in data in the Address Book, it use to autofill, which  
> saves me a lot of time.
> Now, it does not.
> Looked at prefs and could not find what to check...
> Is it gone for good?
> Or did I miss something?

I just ran across this page:

<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php? 
story=20060315064320703&lsrc=osxh>

> As in TextEdit and other apps, you can use Option-Escape to  
> complete certain fields in the Address Book. The possible  
> completions for a particular field will be based on the values of  
> that field for your existing contacts.
>
> This isn't particularly obvious, because the 'Complete' option  
> doesn't appear on the Edit menu like it does in other apps, but I  
> was tired of retyping the same cities and company names, so I  
> figured it was worth a shot.
>
> It's not perfect, so I suggest you experiment to see where it works  
> and where it doesn't. It would be nice, for example, if it could be  
> used to complete names for the spouse or manager type fields, but  
> since a person's name is actually multiple fields from the Address  
> Book's point of view, it isn't able to complete those fields in a  
> useful way.

There is more information in the answers from other users. So  
although I have posted the full length of the original hint, it is  
still worth going to the article if you're particularly interested.

Björn