Mail won't auto complete address completely

Hello. This may be hard to explain properly but here goes! In Mac Mail, when I type an address in the TO line, it auto completes the address and it is highlighted in blue, but I have to click in the text portion of the message in order for it to become one address in the TO line. I'm quite sure in Mavericks, that once I had begun to type the address, it would auto complete completely and I could go on to the Subject line. Hope someone can assist in this. Thanks.

Thanks Eric, that is a solution of sorts but I would find it better if it would be done without having to click in the subject area or
hitting return as you suggest. Thanks for your input.

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