Outlook can only fire reminders for built-in fields, not custom fields. If you want a reminder, you should set a flag on the contact with a reminder date.

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"Bewildered" wrote in message ...
On a custom form based on contacts I have a date field which I would like to
activate as a reminder. Basically it is an expiry date and if I could get it
to remind me when the date approaches I would be excited.

Regards
Bewildered