Drop-link assistant in address book to other business or person

While working with the Address Book, I often have (assistants, spouses, etc.) which I already have an entry for, that I would like to be able to drop / drag into the "assistant, spouse" field in Address Book to link these people. If you enter the correct spelling etc., Addr. Book does a pretty good job in finding links, but this would be a sure thing.

Hi,
I tested this issue and I can reproduce it in my environment. However, as far as I know, this behavior won't affect the usage of the address book.
I searched the internal resource but I cannot find a bug report regarding this issue. If you have any suggestion about this issue, you can submit a feedback via:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-US/suggestions.aspx
Best Regards,
Steve Fan
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