Struggling with Custom Fields in Contacts Form

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Paul E

Running OL 2002, SP-2 on XP Pro

I am still struggling with a Contacts form that I created several years ago
with a lot of custom fields.

I have 200 records and all are fine, no problems. I can add new records and
all the data is retained as expected. In OL, everything is a-ok.

I have noticed that all of the custom data shows up in "User-defined fields
in this item" group, not in the "User-defined items in folder" group.

I cannot MailMerge the custom fields because in Word only the default
Contact fields are available to be selected. I have been careful to start
the Mail Merge by selecting "all contact fields". In a "try anything"
approach, I have even created a view with all of he fields showing before
starting the Mail Merge.

I added a TEST field to the "form" and ran the Mail Merge and Word did allow
me to select the TEST field.

So, is that what is wrong - that I have the custom data in the wrong place?
Is there a way I can address this?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Paul
 
Sue, as I posted this question, your reply of just 10 minutes earlier to my
previous post appeared in the newsgroup list of headers so I will try that
suggestion now. I thought maybe I had so poorly explained things as to have
left no one able to help.

Thanks!
 
Please see my response to your earlier message about this.
--
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
 
Sue, Thanks, your suggestion solved my problem - and made my day.


Please see my response to your earlier message about this.
--
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
 
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