add a place for more birthdays in Outlook's Contacts

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Vince Bug - 23 Feb 2006 02:23 GMT

The contact details has an option for a persons B-Day and anniversary, but
not for a place for their spouses bithday, or for a listing for their
children and their kids birthdays

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Brian Tillman - 23 Feb 2006 15:16 GMT

> The contact details has an option for a persons B-Day and
> anniversary, but not for a place for their spouses bithday, or for a
> listing for their children and their kids birthdays

You can always add user-defined fields.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP] - 23 Feb 2006 19:47 GMT

if the intention is to add them to the calendar, it's better to create the
events and link them to the person's contact.

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>> The contact details has an option for a persons B-Day and
>> anniversary, but not for a place for their spouses bithday, or for a
>> listing for their children and their kids birthdays
>
> You can always add user-defined fields.

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Brian Tillman - 23 Feb 2006 21:12 GMT

> if the intention is to add them to the calendar, it's better to
> create the events and link them to the person's contact.

I'd agree with that, but I don't see any evidence in the OP that indicates
that's a goal.

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Vince Bug - 23 Feb 2006 23:04 GMT

Actually, that is my intended goal. How do I add user-defined fields for
this, or create events if the calendar and link them to the contacts?

> > if the intention is to add them to the calendar, it's better to
> > create the events and link them to the person's contact.
>
> I'd agree with that, but I don't see any evidence in the OP that indicates
> that's a goal.

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Judy Gleeson MVP - Outlook - 24 Feb 2006 00:29 GMT

In your Calendar it's similar to making an Appointment, just set it to be an
All Day Event with your time marked as Free. Link it to the Contact using
the Contact button, bottom left corner inside the Event.

The link will show in the Contact's Activities Tab. That's the third Tab
when you open the Contact.

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> Actually, that is my intended goal. How do I add user-defined fields for
> this, or create events if the calendar and link them to the contacts?
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