Tag: Outlook user-defined fields
Understanding Outlook user-defined fields (part 3)
Part 3 in this series focuses on how to have a user-defined field appear the way you want using any characters while still keeping the actual user-defined field names as simple and clean as possible (per Part 1) The natural tendency is to create (name) the user-defined field the way you want to see it […]
Understanding Outlook User-Defined fields (part 2)
Part 1 focused on what characters should be used to create any Outlook user-defined field (in fact, a good rule to apply creating any field in any database program). Part 2 focuses on “why the field name you select may matter” when data is shared between Outlook and another program. This will only deal with […]
List of Outlook Standard Contact Field Names
There are two sets of field names used by Outlook for standard fields – internal names and Display Names (used by the Field Chooser during custom form design and shown in the All Fields List when displaying detailed contact information). The Display Names are based on the Microsoft Office language setting in use and change […]
How to import data into Outlook from another program
People new to import/export frequently pose a question in an Outlook forum asking “How do I import from program “x”? The typical (and correct) response is “Look to see what formats “program X” exports to and select a format supported by Outlook” For some reason, when Outlook is involved, far too many people seem to think that […]
Understanding When Outlook Import/Export Is Not An Option
Using the Outlook import/export wizard is not an option when you want to import/export: any user-defined fields (standard message class) custom fields contained in a custom form an Exchange public folder a delegate Exchange folder any standard field that does not appear in the Outlook import/export field map The Outlook import/export wizard only creates new […]
