I have 2 questions:

1. I have created a custom form and published it (saved it). I want all my
contacts (1400+) to be viewed with this form as the default. I want to enter
all new contacts in using this as the default form, too.

2. I have created 4-5 new user-defined (custom) fields. When I imported
from Excel, I could not map the info to these new fields. They were not an
option in the custom mapping window.

Thanks for any help!

1) See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm

2) Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields. You'd have to write code or use a third-party application. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.

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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

"Mark" wrote in message ...
I have 2 questions:

1. I have created a custom form and published it (saved it). I want all my
contacts (1400+) to be viewed with this form as the default. I want to enter
all new contacts in using this as the default form, too.

2. I have created 4-5 new user-defined (custom) fields. When I imported
from Excel, I could not map the info to these new fields. They were not an
option in the custom mapping window.

Thanks for any help!

Sue,

You are da bomb! Thanks for the help. One last (we'll see if last, but at
this time, last) question:

When I use the Find toolbar at the top and my search results show up they
are displayed in the IPM.Contact form instead of my default form with I have
been using successfully (changed all message classes to new default form). I
want my custom form to be displayed.

Thanks,
Mark

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

1) See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm

2) Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields. You'd have to write code or use a third-party application. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.

--
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

"Mark" wrote in message ...
I have 2 questions:

1. I have created a custom form and published it (saved it). I want all my
contacts (1400+) to be viewed with this form as the default. I want to enter
all new contacts in using this as the default form, too.

2. I have created 4-5 new user-defined (custom) fields. When I imported
from Excel, I could not map the info to these new fields. They were not an
option in the custom mapping window.

Thanks for any help!

Are you up to date on your Office service packs? This problem was resolved in Office 2003 SP1, IIRC.

--
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

"Mark" wrote in message ...

When I use the Find toolbar at the top and my search results show up they
are displayed in the IPM.Contact form instead of my default form with I have
been using successfully (changed all message classes to new default form). I
want my custom form to be displayed.