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Talisker - 21 Oct 2004 18:13 GMT

I have a field that I defined as a text field. I want to switch it to a
calendar/date type field. How do I do it in Outlook 97 or Outlook 2002?

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 21 Oct 2004 18:59 GMT

Create a new field. You can't change data types.

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>I have a field that I defined as a text field. I want to switch it to a
>calendar/date type field. How do I do it in Outlook 97 or Outlook 2002?

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Talisker - 21 Oct 2004 23:50 GMT

Thanks Sue.
That's what I ended up doing. I.m glad I fixed it before I had the data
loaded.

> Create a new field. You can't change data types.
>
>>I have a field that I defined as a text field. I want to switch it to
>>a calendar/date type field. How do I do it in Outlook 97 or Outlook
>>2002?

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