Adding User Defined Field to Task Form

[Gordon Staley]

My apologies for this simple question. I did search for an FAQ pointer as
well as through back postings but could find anything.

I have a user defined field that is the primary way I locate tasks. I would
like to be able to see this field in the default form. How can I add a
user-defined field to the default task form? I did see one response by Sue
Mosher that said to confine task modifications to P.2 - P.5.

I currently access and update the field via a custom view that is my main
way for managing tasks.

Thanks for your inputs.

Gordon Staley

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Was there something about my earlier response that you didn't understand or had a question about?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

 

[Gordon Staley]

No, this is probably more of a See Spot Run level of question. I was
wondering what the process is for actually adding a user defined field to
any part of the default Task form. I thought the easiest way would be to
add the field to the default form. That way when I do a search I could see
this user defined field.

I looked around in the Office help system but wasn't able to find
instructions there. If there is a web link I could access I be happy to go
there and bone up on this.

Thanks,
Gordon

Was there something about my earlier response that you didn't understand or
had a question about?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In a nutshell:

1) Choose Tools | Forms | Design a Form and choose the Task form.
2) Switch to Tasks folder where your form will be deployed.
3) Create the custom fields in the folder. You can use View | Current View | Customize Current View | Fields. Or, in a table view, right-click the column headings and choose Field Chooser.
4) On the form from Step 1, switch to the P.2 page, and drag the fields from the Field Chooser to that page.
5) Choose Tools | Forms | Publish Form to publish the customized form.

For other form walkthroughs, see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm.

For more information on custom fields, see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/fields.htm

For info on making your published form the default for all tasks, see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

 

[Gordon Staley]

Thanks Sue. I'll give that a go.

Gordon

In a nutshell:

1) Choose Tools | Forms | Design a Form and choose the Task form.
2) Switch to Tasks folder where your form will be deployed.
3) Create the custom fields in the folder. You can use View | Current View |
Customize Current View | Fields. Or, in a table view, right-click the column
headings and choose Field Chooser.
4) On the form from Step 1, switch to the P.2 page, and drag the fields from
the Field Chooser to that page.
5) Choose Tools | Forms | Publish Form to publish the customized form.

For other form walkthroughs, see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm.

For more information on custom fields, see
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/fields.htm

For info on making your published form the default for all tasks, see
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/newdefaultform.htm

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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