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Change Default Contact Address

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David E - 27 Sep 2006 23:58 GMT
How can I change the default Contact address from "Business" to "Home"? Using
OL2003 on a desktop (no Exchange Server). (I want to leave the standard
address fields as given - just change the default.) Thanks.
Hollis Paul [MVP - Outlook] - 28 Sep 2006 04:57 GMT
> How can I change the default Contact address from "Business" to "Home"? Using
> OL2003 on a desktop (no Exchange Server). (I want to leave the standard
> address fields as given - just change the default.) Thanks.

That is part of the "private" code of the Outlook application.  We have never
been able to change that.  Or the lists of email addresses or the list of
telephone numbers.  In general, it is a no-no to change anything on the General
tab of a contact form.  Doing so is likely to break the automatic formatting of
telephone number fields and/or the automatic formatting of email addresses.

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA  USA
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 28 Sep 2006 12:35 GMT
See if the technique described at http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/homedefault.htm works for you.

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> How can I change the default Contact address from "Business" to "Home"? Using
> OL2003 on a desktop (no Exchange Server). (I want to leave the standard
> address fields as given - just change the default.) Thanks.
David E - 28 Sep 2006 19:18 GMT
Worked like a charm! Thanks Sue.

> See if the technique described at http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/homedefault.htm works for you.
>
> > How can I change the default Contact address from "Business" to "Home"? Using
> > OL2003 on a desktop (no Exchange Server). (I want to leave the standard
> > address fields as given - just change the default.) Thanks.
Hollis Paul [MVP - Outlook] - 29 Sep 2006 00:09 GMT
> See if the technique described at
> http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/homedefault.htm works for you.

Thanks for the update, Sue.

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Hollis Paul
Mukilteo, WA  USA
 
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