Modify New Contact Form?

[Doug Ellice]

Using OL2000:

There is a pre-defined form that appears when I perform a
File/New/Contact (or click the New button in contact view) or open an
existing contact record.

I have tried to edit that form. I want to place the fields "Office"
and "Department" on the General Tab (they are now on the Details Tab.)

I have moved the four phone fields and labels to the right side, and
stacked in the center of the form the fields and labels for Job Title,
Office, Department, and Company. I have left Full Name and File As
where they were over on the left side.

I finally did two things, neither of which is exactly what I desire:

1) named the edited form "Modified Contact" and saved it in the
Personal Forms Library, and
2) somehow saved a blank contact based on this edited form into my
contacts database.

I can copy/paste to replicate multiple copies of this blank contact
into my contact list. I can then forevermore use one of those blank
contacts when I want to create a new contact. Kludgey.

I can use the menu to File/New/Choose Form, then select my Personal
Forms Library, then select Modified Contact when I want to create a
new contact. Pain in the neck.

And neither process changes the form displayed when I open an existing
contact, which is one of the things I hoped to accomplish.

So, finally, how do I make my Modified Contact Form the default that
will be used whenever I create a new contact, and how do I get all my
existing contacts to open with the new display of fields?

Thanks in advance,
Doug

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

You need to change the MessageClass property on all the items to point to the new form. See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/newdefaultform.htm for tools. That page also shows how to make your new form the global default.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers