Changing the default form for Contacts in Outlook.

[Guest]

Hi, I want to import all my ACT information to OUtlook. I have found a
program that does this to an extent. A lot of the field used in ACT are not
present in Outlook. For this reason I want to change the default outlook form
and see if I can then import from ACT. I have a couple of questions. 1. Has
anyone done this and had any success? 2. How can I change Outlook's default
contact form and have it stick? I have gone through the docs for this and it
doesn't seem to work. I must be doing something wrong. I get as far as
publishing the form but then if I close and reopen outlook the form is no
longer available. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Sameer.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You are probably missing the step where you publish the form with the Tools | Forms | Publish Form command.

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