You can save time by starting to type in a name from the address book in a new message's TO: box and have Outlook guess at the name you want.

1. Start typing in the first part of the name (if an address book is sorted by last names, start typing in the recipient's last name).
2. Once enough of the name is typed in to distinguish the person from anyone else in the address book, hit TAB.
3. The cursor will move down to the CC: box and Outlook will fill in the full name of the recipient in the TO: box. If there wasn't enough information to pick out a single name, however, what you originally typed will be unchanged and the message won't go through.
4. Hit TAB again to move to the SUBJECT: box and fill that in, etc.

Another way to do this is to:

1. Start typing in the name in the TO: box as described above.
2. Click on the To: button and the name will autofill in IF you've entered enough information.