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edit/create new contact form, add new fields

Hi all,

we currently use outlook to store all of our contacts. we use a public folder so they may be shared accross our network.

what we would like to do it customise the primary contact page by adding some new fields there. if i view outlook and go to:
tools>forms>design a form
this takes me to a layout designer but its in the 2003 style. where is the 2007 layout designer and how do i get my newly designed layout to be the default primary contact page?

thanks

zac

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DavidT543

I also published a whitepaper giving ideas on what you can do with custom contacts and you can download it here:
http://www.davton.com/downloads/Contact%20Databases%20for%20Microsoft%20Outlook.pdf

Zac123

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thanks for taking the time to repy with such clear instructions. that is probbly one of the best answers ive had on EE. thanks again. i'll give it a go
zac

Cumbrowski

Is there an easy way to get the "picture" feature into a custom form?
All I found from Microsoft itself was this KB article, which was not very helpful http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823133

I also found this source code here http://www.codeproject.com/KB/office/MyContacts.aspx
but I cannot believe that there is no other way than extensive custom programming. :(

Cumbrowski

Btw. There is an easy way to change the form template for new and existing contacts in Outlook. Just use the macro-enabled Word document, which you can download from the Microsoft web site here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/201089/EN-US/

It is titled "Microsoft Word 97 Outlook Message Class Document" (file name: Omsgclas.doc). I tried it with Outlook 2007 and it worked there as well. It is also supposed to work with Outlook 2003.