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How to get info in new field in contacts





 
 
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Old January 27th 08, 05:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Brian Tillman
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Default How to get info in new field in contacts

KayeC wrote:

Worked like a charm thanks Milly! KayeC


Well, OK, so I was wrong.
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Old January 27th 08, 10:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook][_2_]
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Default How to get info in new field in contacts

If you use an existing field from Field Chooser, that field is already linked to the data it is supposed to display. When you create a field and don't bind it to a particular existing field. it will always display blank.

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After furious head scratching, KayeC asked:

| Worked like a charm thanks Milly! KayeC
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| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
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|| Using your method, they never will. Use my method and they show
|| automatically without you having to do anything.
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|| After furious head scratching, KayeC asked:
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||| Milly,
||| I had already figured out how to place the emails field. What I want
||| to know is how to get the contacts' email addresses to show up.
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||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
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|||| Display your contacts in a by category view. Right click in the
|||| column header and select Field Chooser. Use the dropdown to select
|||| Email fields. Drag the first field (email) from the box and drop
|||| it on your column in the place where you wish to see the email
|||| addresses.
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|||| After furious head scratching, KayeC asked:
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||||| Milly,
||||| I have my contacts organized in certain categories. I view them in
||||| categories. In this view I added the field email so I could see
||||| the contacts emails in the category view.
||||| I simply wished to know if after I have added the field email is
||||| there an easy way to get the contacts
||||| email addresses in the field or am I going to have to add them one
||||| by one. KayeC
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||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
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|||||| What did you hope to achieve with this process?
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Old January 27th 08, 10:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook][_2_]
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Default How to get info in new field in contacts

Ack! He's HUMAN! Run!!!!

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After furious head scratching, Brian Tillman asked:

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|| Worked like a charm thanks Milly! KayeC
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| Well, OK, so I was wrong.
 




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