Customizing BCM

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John Christian

This is primarily for Rachel Cardoza (or, I suppose, anyone else who might
know the answer)...

Rachel, in your excellent QUE book on Oulook 2003, you talk about the
possibility of customizing the BCM forms. Specifically, about changing some
of the field labels and customizing the drop-downs. Now that BCM is
officially out, do you know if this is still possible? I know the current
official MS response is that you can't change anything. Has anyone tried it
yet? What about simply adding another tab to each form and putting my
fields of interest in that?

John
 
Oops - I meant Patricia Cardoza. Sorry Patricia! (and, uh, Rachel, if there
is one...)
 
Well, a few things changed between the time the book was written and the
release of BCM. Unfortunately, it is now virtually impossible to customize
the forms. You can customize the forms, if you do it within a profile that
does not have BCM, however, the forms reset themselves when you load BCM in
another profile. I am still working and testing this matter. I will post an
update within a day or so.

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Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
www.cardozasolutions.com

Author, Special Edition Using Microsoft Outlook 2003

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Thanks *Patricia*!

I was hoping to at least be able to add a tab to the forms and customize
that to my liking, leaving everything else alone. If that doesn't work, I
may have to abandon BCM and go back to plain Outlook.

I realize this is version 1.0 of BCM, but this is a huge issue. Their
market research can't possibly have indicated that most users would be
completely content with a nearly uncustomizable BCM. I hope MS is planning
to release an upgraded version much sooner than the next version of Office
(like, say, next week). I can't imagine many people being able to use it
effectively the way it is now... I look forward to hearing what you find
out.

Thanks,
John
 
I agree that limiting the customization (as well as making it not work with
Exchange accounts) is a big issue. Please send an email to
(e-mail address removed) with BCM in the subject line explaining your need and
why you want it. Microsoft does read these emails and they are logged and
get back to the people who make the decisions. There are no guarantees of
course, but it's a good way to get your wish at least heard. I will continue
to research this issue.

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
www.cardozasolutions.com

Author, Special Edition Using Microsoft Outlook 2003

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