Is there a way to view recent activity date by creating a custom v

**Vinnie00** · February 4th 08, 08:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

I want to be able to view most recent activty date at a glance from the
contact screen. I have created a custom view, but I can not get a date to
populate. I have tried using created or modified from the Journal fields,
but I either get the date the contact was created or none. Is there a way to
set up a field that will display the date of the most recent activity?

**Diane Poremsky** · February 4th 08, 11:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

the created and modified dates should work. (They do here.) While there
shouldn't be a difference when using the field from another item type, there
is a created and modified field for contacts which you can use.

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"Vinnie00" wrote in message
...
I want to be able to view most recent activty date at a glance from the
contact screen. I have created a custom view, but I can not get a date to
populate. I have tried using created or modified from the Journal fields,
but I either get the date the contact was created or none. Is there a way
to
set up a field that will display the date of the most recent activity?

**Vinnie00** · February 5th 08, 02:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

I don't want the date the contact was created. I want the date of the most
recent activity. This isn't an available field to chosse when setting up a
new view. Is there a way to do it?

"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

the created and modified dates should work. (They do here.) While there
shouldn't be a difference when using the field from another item type, there
is a created and modified field for contacts which you can use.

--
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"Vinnie00" wrote in message
...
I want to be able to view most recent activty date at a glance from the
contact screen. I have created a custom view, but I can not get a date to
populate. I have tried using created or modified from the Journal fields,
but I either get the date the contact was created or none. Is there a way
to
set up a field that will display the date of the most recent activity?

**Diane Poremsky** · February 5th 08, 03:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

That's the modified field.
Use the field chooser to find it and drag it to the view.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/cu...m#fieldchooser

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"Vinnie00" wrote in message
...
I don't want the date the contact was created. I want the date of the
most
recent activity. This isn't an available field to chosse when setting up
a
new view. Is there a way to do it?

"Diane Poremsky" wrote:

the created and modified dates should work. (They do here.) While there
shouldn't be a difference when using the field from another item type,
there
is a created and modified field for contacts which you can use.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
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"Vinnie00" wrote in message
...
I want to be able to view most recent activty date at a glance from the
contact screen. I have created a custom view, but I can not get a date
to
populate. I have tried using created or modified from the Journal
fields,
but I either get the date the contact was created or none. Is there a
way
to
set up a field that will display the date of the most recent activity?

**Brian Tillman** · February 5th 08, 01:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

Vinnie00 wrote:

I don't want the date the contact was created. I want the date of
the most recent activity. This isn't an available field to chosse
when setting up a new view. Is there a way to do it?

The Modified date would be as close to that as you can come. Not every
action updates the Modified date, however.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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