How do i add fields to the map custom field in Outlook for import

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I am importing data with some custom fields, and i am able to create the
custom fields in the "current view" but not able to select them when mapping
the data from Excel to Outlook.
 
Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields. You'd have to write custom 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

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
can i "rename" default contact fields?

Sue Mosher said:
Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields. You'd have to write custom 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

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
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No.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, sierralightfoot asked:

| can i "rename" default contact fields?
|
| "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields. You'd have to
|| write custom 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
||
|| and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
|| Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
||
||
||
|| ||| I am importing data with some custom fields, and i am able to
||| create the custom fields in the "current view" but not able to
||| select them when mapping the data from Excel to Outlook.
 
I have not installed my "business contact manager" program. Would that do the
custom field/import issue?
 
This may be of interest regarding importing data into custom fields:

http://www.contactgenie.com/cg20features.htm

(FYI - CG Importer is an "import" only product and duplicates can result if
contacts pre-exist. CG DataPorter allows "updating" of pre-existing contacts
provided that you can uniquely identify a contact using one or more fields
(user specified) that are contained in both the contact folder and input
data file). CG products are not intended for BCM configurations.

Re: Business Contact Manager - has it's own import process but does not
enable importing to custom fields not belonging to BCM.

Karl
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Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com
 
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