Auto Fill in Address Book

Question

Is there a way you can delete items in autofill? When I type Wenatchee, it brings up erroneously spellings of the city, puts the state after it in the city portion, etc. The same thing occurs when typing the state--the zip code comes up with the state. I have tried several ways to delete this but am unable to find anything that works. My Apple Care Protection person was unsuccessful in trying to help me solve this problem. She suggested I post this on a discussion board and someone with more experience might be able to help me. --Jane 1931

Answer 1

Fields in AB are purpose-specific, no matter
what the label says. Its "purpose" appears in ghost writing in the
empty field. The problem is that a field may be labled "Email" yet
be anything but. Put an email address in there and auto fill-in, as
well as the usefulness of the email database invoked by the icon
"Address" in a new Message, will be totally non functional. I had
to test the validity of every entry in my AB (that did not display an
email address in the "Address" DB. Here's how - just select the entry
in the supposed Email field, do a "Cut" and the label appears, voila!
If the field says "Name" or anything but "Email," add the appropriate
field to the card using "Add Field" from the Card command on the
Title Bar. Add an Email field, do a "Paste" of the address still on your
Clipboard and you're done. If the "Address" database is still open,
watch the email address jump right in there next to the person's name.
Now auto fill-in will work as intended. Caveat: there's a limit to the
number of each type of field you can have in AB itself. Prune unneeded
entries as you go to free up options.