How do I change exisiting contacts in a folder to a new form.

[Stuart Reicher]

I have modified the default contact form by adding the department field to
the general tab and published it. I need to have the existing 150 contacts
use this form and have the field show when people view the listings in the
folder.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You need to change the MessageClass on the existing items to point to your new form's class. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm#convert for several tools and scripts to accomplish this.

You can add the Department field to any view once you add that field to the folder.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers