How do i add fields to the map custom field in Outlook for import

[Guest]

I am importing data with some custom fields, and i am able to create the
custom fields in the "current view" but not able to select them when mapping
the data from Excel to Outlook.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields. You'd have to write custom code or use a third-party application. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.

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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

 

[Guest]

thanks

Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields. You'd have to write custom code or use a third-party application. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.

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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

 

[sierralightfoot]

can i "rename" default contact fields?

Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields. You'd have to write custom code or use a third-party application. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.

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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

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

No.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.

After furious head scratching, sierralightfoot asked:

| can i "rename" default contact fields?
|
| "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Outlook doesn't support importing to custom fields. You'd have to
|| write custom code or use a third-party application. See
|| http://www.outlookcode.com/d/customimport.htm.
||
|| --
|| Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
|| Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
||
|| and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
|| Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
||
||
||
|| ||| I am importing data with some custom fields, and i am able to
||| create the custom fields in the "current view" but not able to
||| select them when mapping the data from Excel to Outlook.

 

[sierralightfoot]

Where can I download a third-party application?

 

[sierralightfoot]

I have not installed my "business contact manager" program. Would that do the
custom field/import issue?

 

[Karl Timmermans]

This may be of interest regarding importing data into custom fields:

http://www.contactgenie.com/cg20features.htm

(FYI - CG Importer is an "import" only product and duplicates can result if
contacts pre-exist. CG DataPorter allows "updating" of pre-existing contacts
provided that you can uniquely identify a contact using one or more fields
(user specified) that are contained in both the contact folder and input
data file). CG products are not intended for BCM configurations.

Re: Business Contact Manager - has it's own import process but does not
enable importing to custom fields not belonging to BCM.

Karl
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ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com