Form Design for Contact First Page

[Soapy]

Is there a training class (not online) that anyone knows of to learn how to
do Forms in Outlook 2007.

All I want to do is change the first page of the Contacts Form so that the
notes are on the bottom, as they were before 2003.

I also want all my new Contacts and all my existing Contacts to change to
the new format (with Notes on the bottom, not on the side).

That narrow area of Notes on the side of the page is driving me absolutely
CRAZY!

I have checked these newsgroups and have seen a lot of people asking about
how to make form changes.

The answers are in dribs and drabs, and NOT very detailed.

I am not a programmer. However, I can follow directions if they are spelled
out in DETAIL.

For example, if you say Publish the Form, you have to give the steps of
where, when and how to Publish a Form. Like I said, I can follow step by step
directions very easily, as long as all the steps are there.

All I have to do is see the info in DETAIL once, and I will understand how
to do the process.

But I want a complete process in one place. Some of the steps online are a
little confusing because they have links that send me all over the place, and
I usually lose where I started. It is way too confusing.

Is there someone or someplace that I can easily learn the steps to change
the first page of the Contact Form so that the Notes section is on the bottom
of the form, and not on the side? I need to Publish it so that all my new and
existing contacts automatically use the new format.

Thanks!

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

If you're looking for training that's not online you should check and see
where the nearest Outlook user group is located and see if they have any
training courses.

If you do customize the contact form you will lose all of the modern look
and it will look like the old style contact forms. You can see what it looks
like by selecting Tools, Forms, Design a Form and selecting a contact form.
That blocky gray look is what you will get.

For an online resource for Outlook forms you can start by looking at the
Forms pages at www.outlookcode.com.

 

[Soapy]

Hi Ken:
Yes. I know what the form will look like. It will look like BEFORE 2003.
That is what I want. I need to get the Notes on the bottom of the form, away
from the narrow sides.

I don't need pictures of contacts, nor the changes that were made. I just
want the Notes to be across the bottom.

When you say, "you should check and see where the nearest Outlook user group
is located and see if they have any training courses," what Outlook User
Groups are you speaking of? This is exactly what I am speaking of when I say
there is not enough detail in some of the answers given in these forums.

Do you mean a user group in a Company? A store? Online? I would appreciate a
little more info.
thanks

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Local user groups usually put notices of their meetings in local newspapers
or the local library may know of local groups. They are not companies,
stores or online, they are groups of local users. I can't be more specific
because I don't know where you are and what's available in your area.

In an online search you could look for Outlook user groups in your area. I
can't be more specific than that.

 

[Soapy]

Ok. Thanks Ken. I will check with my library and see if they have any Outlook
groups.