That's in-cell editing. Try resetting the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/resetview.htm

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"Allen in N.O." Allen in wrote in message
...
Over the New Year's holiday, I did an in depth cleaning of my hard drive
that
included re- formating the hard drive and re-installing the apps I use on
a
regular basis. Prior to this "clean sweep", whenever I opened Outlook and
switched from "inbox" to Contacts, a default "current view" was
automatically
selected. I could then simply type the first few letters of the contact I
wanted and presto!, there it was. Now, I must manually select the
Contacts
"current view" _everytime_ prior to typing the opening letters of the
Contact's name/company/whatever.

How can I restore the easier method of "OutlookContactstype contact name
&
Presto!?