how do I add extra fields to the Contacts General tab? in Outlook Contacts    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   Outlook     Outlook General Questions     Outlook New Users     Outlook Business Contact Mngr     Outlook Calendaring     Outlook Contacts     Outlook Install and Configure     Outlook Programming-VBA     Outlook Programming-Forms              barth 2/5/2007 5:50 AM PST   Question   I want to customise the General tab on a Contact card. It will only let me add a new field to the All Fields tab. How do I add a new field to the General tab?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] 2/5/2007 7:33 AM PST   Answer   These pages should help you get started with Outlook forms design: http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm http://www.outlookcode.com/d/contactform.htm http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms -- Sue 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 "barth" <barth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1DE2FB3B-E3AC-4270-A7CA-6B86BF36E836@microsoft.com... >I want to customise the General tab on a Contact card. It will only let me > add a new field to the All Fields tab. How do I add a new field to the > General tab?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           barth 2/5/2007 8:47 AM PST   Many, many thanks. You have helped me to stop tearing my hair out :) "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: > These pages should help you get started with Outlook forms design: > > http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm > http://www.outlookcode.com/d/contactform.htm > http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm > > FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms > > -- > Sue 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 > > "barth" <barth@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1DE2FB3B-E3AC-4270-A7CA-6B86BF36E836@microsoft.com... > >I want to customise the General tab on a Contact card. It will only let me > > add a new field to the All Fields tab. How do I add a new field to the > > General tab? >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies