You do this by customizing the contact form. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm and http://www.outlookcode.com/d/contactform.htm

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>I would like to add custom or user defined fields to the general tab in the
> contacts folder in outlook. This way you do not have to go to the all fields
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> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=7b42ef3a-2efe-4
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