when designing a form for contacts, how do i use the same field more than
once without having the values automatically repeated ...

eg ... i want to use "children" field 3 times, to record 3 different child,
but when i enter the child's name into the first "children" field, the other
two "children" field automatically default to same values/names.

please advise how to make each "children" field able to store its own
values/names.

That's not possible. One field = one data point. If you want three distinct data points, you need three fields. Children is a keywords field, which means that it accepts multiple values, separated by commas.

So, either use the Children field as it was designed to be used or create three new custom text fields, to store three different children.

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/comm...rogram_f orms
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"linda" wrote in message ...
when designing a form for contacts, how do i use the same field more than
once without having the values automatically repeated ...

eg ... i want to use "children" field 3 times, to record 3 different child,
but when i enter the child's name into the first "children" field, the other
two "children" field automatically default to same values/names.

please advise how to make each "children" field able to store its own
values/names.