To Create a custom Contact form:
- Switch to the Contacts folder.
- Open a new contact.
- Switch the address selector from Business to Home.
- Add a check to the box to use it as the default mailing
address (required for Outlook 2002/2003).
- Choose Tools | Forms | Publish Form. (Outlook 2007
instructions below)
- The Publish Form As dialog should show the form as
being published in Outlook Folders, under Contacts. That's what
you want to do. If it doesn't show the Contacts folder as the
publication location, you'll need to use the Look In drop-down
list and Browse button to get to the Contacts folder.
- Set the Display name and Form name to Home.
- Click Publish.
Under the Actions menu in the Contacts folder, you should
now see a new entry at the bottom -- New Home. Click this to
bring up a new Contact item, showing the Home address box.
If using Outlook 2007, you need to show the Developer Ribbon to
see the Publish options. From the Office orb (formerly File menu)
click the Editor options button. add a check to 'Show developer tab'
is in the Popular tab section and return to Outlook. Select the
Developer tab on the ribbon and publish the form.
If you don't want to create your own
form, download a sample (files/homeaddress2000.zip).
You'll need to open the .oft file and publish it.
To make this new form the default for your Contacts folder, see To
apply a new form to a folder. To convert existing contacts to
use the new form, use
DocMessageClass |
Contacts Issues
The clipboard clears when you open a Contact form