Adding fields to contacts

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Mr Chov - 29 Jul 2004 18:21 GMT

First, I want to add several fields to all my contacts (including sub-directories) at the same time. Can this be done?

Second, I have added a user defined field to some of my contacts. But I can not see this field when I import the contacts into Microsoft Access. Is it possible to see these fields?

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 02 Aug 2004 16:49 GMT

1) One way would be to construct a custom Outlook form and apply that form
as your default. See these pages:

http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/fields.htm
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/contactform.htm
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm#changedefault

2) The linked table method has major limitations, including the inability to
show even all the reasonably important fields. While articles have been
written on how to expand on this method's obvious features, I've never been
able to duplicate the results. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/database.htm#linkedtables .

That page will also give you other ideas on how to work with databases and
Outlook together. You'll need to write code or use a third-party tool that
does the heavy lifting.

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> First, I want to add several fields to all my contacts (including sub-directories) at the same time. Can this be done?
>
> Second, I have added a user defined field to some of my contacts. But I can not see this field when I import the contacts into Microsoft Access. Is

it possible to see these fields?

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