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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / March 2007Customize the notes section of Contacts in Outlook 2003
I want to know if it is possible to automatically add one consistent short paragraph in the note section of every new contact I create in Outlook 2003. It would be a plus to be able to add the same short paragraph to existing contacts without affecting the existing text already in the notes as well but I can live without that. I have searched unsuccessfully trying to find the blank template that Outlook uses (I am guessing it is actually a Word template) when "New" is selected to create a new contact. You help is greatly appreicated. Thank you, Ron Have you tried Tools->Forms->Design a Form and used that option to insert your boilerplate?  SignatureMilly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, Ron asked: | I want to know if it is possible to automatically add one consistent | short paragraph in the note section of every new contact I create in [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] | | Ronu ted Actually, you'd create the contact with the template text and then publish it and make it the new default form for new contacts. No need to go into design mode. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm Word has nothing to do with this, by the way. 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 Have you tried Tools->Forms->Design a Form and used that option to insert your boilerplate? SignatureMilly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, Ron asked: | I want to know if it is possible to automatically add one consistent | short paragraph in the note section of every new contact I create in [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] | | Ronu ted I did find the design tool but could not figure out how to get a text box into the notes section. When using the design tool everytime I click on the notes section it selects the whole thing and won't let me modify it. Thank you, Ron > Have you tried Tools->Forms->Design a Form and used that option to insert your boilerplate? > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > | > | Ronu ted That's why you need to follow the procedure I suggested -- edit the contact body as you normally would, then publish it as a form. 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 >I did find the design tool but could not figure out how to get a text box > into the notes section. When using the design tool everytime I click on the [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> | >> | Ronu ted |
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