J
Jeeslawees
To MSft folks. The Business Contacts section of Outlook 2007 w/BCM has some
odd behavior or missing features (in my opinion).
Searching:
- It will NOT FIND ANY matching field entries that are drop-down list entries.
- The real time auto hi-liting feature does NOT WORK (it does for Contacts
but not Busi Contacts). You must click the magnifying glass to execute the
search.
- Even after a search is complete, the search string hi-lite feature does
NOT WORK certain fields (ie: Business City, Business Fax, any User Created
fields, ... just to name a few).
Filtering:
- Advance filtering of multiple criteria are preset to the "AND" boolean
operator. There is no provision for changing this to "OR" .... or a combo of
both. This feature is pretty common to other CM's! And yes, I know I can
screw with the SQL code but come on people.
- In the Advance filter window, the button labeled More Advanced ... seems
dead, inoperable. What does it do, or supposed to do?
Data/Contact Entry:
- Get rid of that business card on the Contact entry page. Redundant and a
waste of space.
- Why are some of the drop down lists non-editable (ie: why can't I add Rev.
(Reverend) to the Title, or PC to the Suffix)?
- More fields should be allowed to be drop-down lists (ie: City, State, etc.).
- In the BDay & Anniv fields there should be a entry and/or display option
for just Mo/Date, and SORT ON JUST Mo/Date. I rarely know the year anyway.
The only way I can just display the Mo/Date is to also show the day and I
sure as heck don't care that Feb 12 in 1995 was on a Sun.
General:
- Can you make a Company address folder so when a company changes address or
a city name changes due to an annexation, you can change it in one place.
- How about a Find/Replace feature?
- Lots of critical actions that do not allow an UnDo (ie: when you drag ALL
contacts from one phone number group to another it is a one shot deal;
meaning there is no old phone number group to drag them back to if you made a
mistake ... it's gone!).
Still evaluating my switchover and a tad disappointed in BCM so far.
Missing some very basic user friendly features. But thanks for your
consideration of my comments.
Rick
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odd behavior or missing features (in my opinion).
Searching:
- It will NOT FIND ANY matching field entries that are drop-down list entries.
- The real time auto hi-liting feature does NOT WORK (it does for Contacts
but not Busi Contacts). You must click the magnifying glass to execute the
search.
- Even after a search is complete, the search string hi-lite feature does
NOT WORK certain fields (ie: Business City, Business Fax, any User Created
fields, ... just to name a few).
Filtering:
- Advance filtering of multiple criteria are preset to the "AND" boolean
operator. There is no provision for changing this to "OR" .... or a combo of
both. This feature is pretty common to other CM's! And yes, I know I can
screw with the SQL code but come on people.
- In the Advance filter window, the button labeled More Advanced ... seems
dead, inoperable. What does it do, or supposed to do?
Data/Contact Entry:
- Get rid of that business card on the Contact entry page. Redundant and a
waste of space.
- Why are some of the drop down lists non-editable (ie: why can't I add Rev.
(Reverend) to the Title, or PC to the Suffix)?
- More fields should be allowed to be drop-down lists (ie: City, State, etc.).
- In the BDay & Anniv fields there should be a entry and/or display option
for just Mo/Date, and SORT ON JUST Mo/Date. I rarely know the year anyway.
The only way I can just display the Mo/Date is to also show the day and I
sure as heck don't care that Feb 12 in 1995 was on a Sun.
General:
- Can you make a Company address folder so when a company changes address or
a city name changes due to an annexation, you can change it in one place.
- How about a Find/Replace feature?
- Lots of critical actions that do not allow an UnDo (ie: when you drag ALL
contacts from one phone number group to another it is a one shot deal;
meaning there is no old phone number group to drag them back to if you made a
mistake ... it's gone!).
Still evaluating my switchover and a tad disappointed in BCM so far.
Missing some very basic user friendly features. But thanks for your
consideration of my comments.
Rick
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-d39ede24cbf9&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.bcm