On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:05 AM, APB <apba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's a person to whom I (at least once) sent mail using the form of his
> personal name as "firstname lastname". I.e., no capital letters.
> I prefer to capitalize names as Firstname Lastname, and have set up this
> person in My Contacts with his name the way I want it.
> But whenever I start to type in his name, it always comes up with the
> non-capitalized form, and only that form.
> Can I somehow make Gmail forget that non-capitalized form?
> I have searched within Contacts and can't find any other instance of this
> person's name -- only the Contact I specifically created.
> Thanks in advance--
> --APB
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Thanks. Yes, I did check Other Contacts. I also did a search for
duplicates. I'm unable to find the uncapitalized version except when
auto-complete kicks in.
--APB
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Kenneth Ayers <justkenn...@gmail.com>wrote:
What about emails this person sends to you? Do they list their name in all
lowercase? I've noticed a lot of people online don't bother capitalizing
proper nouns even when it's their own name. I wonder if Gmail would
remember how names in emails received from someone are displayed.
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 6:45 PM, APB <apba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. Yes, I did check Other Contacts. I also did a search for
> duplicates. I'm unable to find the uncapitalized version except when
> auto-complete kicks in.
> --APB
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Kenneth Ayers <justkenn...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> According to the help page for auto-complete, Gmail should only be
>> suggesting names from your contacts.
>> Did you also check the "other contacts" section in your contacts list to
>> see if the name is entered that way there?
>> Kenneth
>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:05 AM, APB <apba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> There's a person to whom I (at least once) sent mail using the form of
>>> his personal name as "firstname lastname". I.e., no capital letters.
>>> I prefer to capitalize names as Firstname Lastname, and have set up this
>>> person in My Contacts with his name the way I want it.
>>> But whenever I start to type in his name, it always comes up with the
>>> non-capitalized form, and only that form.
>>> Can I somehow make Gmail forget that non-capitalized form?
>>> I have searched within Contacts and can't find any other instance of
>>> this person's name -- only the Contact I specifically created.
>>> Thanks in advance--
>>> --APB
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Another possibility - I wonder if this could be the browser's
auto-complete kicking in? If so, when the auto-complete entry shows up, you
should be able to highlight it and delete it.
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 9:45 PM, APB <apba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. Yes, I did check Other Contacts. I also did a search for
> duplicates. I'm unable to find the uncapitalized version except when
> auto-complete kicks in.
No, it wasn't the browser's auto-complete. Also, I cleared the cache and
cookies, and that made no difference. (I also tried different browsers.)
What I ended up doing was to make a note elsewhere of the contact info
(including what contact groups the person was in), and then I deleted the
contact entry altogether. I recreated the entry as I wanted it, and all
was as I wished it to be.
So I still don't know how Gmail stored that form of the name that I didn't
like, but at least I know the workaround.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Sean Murphy <smpara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another possibility - I wonder if this could be the browser's
> auto-complete kicking in? If so, when the auto-complete entry shows up, you
> should be able to highlight it and delete it.
