Import's Field Mapping ignores "Customer ID". How to workaround?

[Itzik via OfficeKB.com]

Field Mapping in the File-> Import/Export from Excel into Contacts does not let me map the cust# column in my .xls to Outlook Contact's "Customer ID" field (one of the "Misc" fields in Field Chooser). I can only map to the "Account" field. Any suggestions on how to add target fields in mapping process would be much appreciated.
thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

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

 

[Karl Timmermans]

Short answer - you can only map to the fields shown in the Outlook import
wizard (which is not a complete list) but will easily stand corrected on
this one if someone says otherwise .

Karl

PS - Both AccountID and CustomerID are on the list of mappable fields within
any of the ContactGenie products.
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