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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / September 2006Templates & New Contact Entry
The standard window to enter a new contact is ok but I want to create a different one that has some additional fields and remove some of the ones that are there by default. How do you do this if it is possible? Also when and if it is possible I have a Access database with tons of info in it and I'll want to transfer that data into this new address book format. Is that possible?  SignatureScott skr1224@comcast.net What you're describing is creating a new contact form. See: http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm http://www.outlookcode.com/d/contactform.htm http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm Note that Outlook does not provide a native way to import data to custom fields or a custom form. That requires custom code or a 3rd party tool. If you have an existing database and you plan to keep using it, you might want to get a third-party tool like SQLView that allows you to expose the database as an Outlook folder. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/database.htm#tools. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > The standard window to enter a new contact is ok but I want to create a > different one that has some additional fields and remove some of the ones [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > in it and I'll want to transfer that data into this new address book format. > Is that possible? Thanks for your reply. SignatureScott skr1224@comcast.net What you're describing is creating a new contact form. See: http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm http://www.outlookcode.com/d/contactform.htm http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm Note that Outlook does not provide a native way to import data to custom fields or a custom form. That requires custom code or a 3rd party tool. If you have an existing database and you plan to keep using it, you might want to get a third-party tool like SQLView that allows you to expose the database as an Outlook folder. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/database.htm#tools. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > The standard window to enter a new contact is ok but I want to create a > different one that has some additional fields and remove some of the ones [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > format. > Is that possible?
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