Multiple Birthdays for one contact.

[Guest]

In looking at the message board, this has been a continual problem for many.
Have we not figured out a way to have multiple birthdays for one contact and
have them show up on the calendar. This seems like a basic function that
would not be hard to implement. This would be a very useful tool to many of
your outlook clients. This would be a great tool for your Microsoft outlook
clients to better serve their clients and help them remember special dates.

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Odd request. Most people I know do not have more than one birthday.

 

[jodal00]

Odd yes, but it would be handy to have one contact (client) but be able to
have the birthdates of his spouse & Kids. No need to have a contact for each,
especially when exporting to a PDA.

Odd request. Most people I know do not have more than one birthday.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In looking at the message board, this has been a continual problem for
many.
Have we not figured out a way to have multiple birthdays for one contact
and
have them show up on the calendar. This seems like a basic function that
would not be hard to implement. This would be a very useful tool to many
of
your outlook clients. This would be a great tool for your Microsoft
outlook
clients to better serve their clients and help them remember special
dates.

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I think some people would use something like the Notes field for
non-standard information like that. Most would just create separate
Contacts. It's more reliable.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Odd yes, but it would be handy to have one contact (client) but be able to
have the birthdates of his spouse & Kids. No need to have a contact for
each,
especially when exporting to a PDA.

Odd request. Most people I know do not have more than one birthday.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

In looking at the message board, this has been a continual problem for
many.
Have we not figured out a way to have multiple birthdays for one
contact
and
have them show up on the calendar. This seems like a basic function
that
would not be hard to implement. This would be a very useful tool to
many
of
your outlook clients. This would be a great tool for your Microsoft
outlook
clients to better serve their clients and help them remember special
dates.

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[Cheryl]

I wish they would add it -- I'm you can tell that Russ is a man and probably
isn't the one who does holiday cards or keeps up with birthdays.

Here is why you need it: Why do I want to create separate contacts for
3-year olds? But I want to know when birthdays come up. I don't use Outlook
for business nearly as much as I use it to manage my personal contacts.

In the Palm platform you could use a program called "Happy Days" to add all
the birthdays to your calendar. It was an extra step, but very handy. I
created a "Birthdays" Field and then could list all the special events like
this:

* Mary 6/6/1968
* Bruce 5/9/68
* Shannon 4/28/99
*Wedding Mary&Bruce

Then I'd run "Happy Days" and it would know to look up all the asterisks in
that field and load them into the calendar. But not only would it put Mary's
name on her birthdate, I would get an alarm 3 days in advance (that is what I
set it for -- time enough for a card) AND it would list her age (or the
anniversary number). It was GREAT!!!

And why can't Outlook come better-prepared to enter families???? As it is
not I have to pick a main person then list the spouse on a separate page?
Then when I print it out it's a pain to get the envelope to read "Mary, Bruce
and Shannon Smith". It's just so frustrating to enter them now. In the
"contact" field I have to write "Mary Bruce & Shannon Smith" -- no commas or
anything like that -- in order for it to come out ok. I'm tricking it into
knowing all the family names.

This is NOT non-standard info to me, this is very important to me as a
person in wedding/events business.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Here is why you need it: Why do I want to create separate contacts for
3-year olds? But I want to know when birthdays come up. I don't use
Outlook for business nearly as much as I use it to manage my personal
contacts.

In the Palm platform you could use a program called "Happy Days" to
add all the birthdays to your calendar. It was an extra step, but
very handy. I created a "Birthdays" Field and then could list all the
special events like this:

So, why not just add all-day events for the children (and spouses, for that
matter), and link to those events from the notes pane of the main contact?

 

[Flintstone]

I have heard many different work-arounds for this request; but the issue
remains that we have many different needs for adding multiple birthdays to
one contact. Most contacts have a spouse and multiple children and the users
are looking for a method to add this information to the primary Contact.

We do not want to create separate contacts or calendar events for the spouse
and five different kids.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

We do not want to create separate contacts or calendar events for the spouse
and five different kids.

Even if Outlook worked from the Spouse and Children fields, the calendar would
of necessity contain one event per person.

 

[Flintstone]

Thank you Brian for your reply.

You have stated exactly what the users are requesting. We want a separate
event to be created for each person, but we do not want to administer this
functionality outside of Contacts. Simply, we want to be able to add, review
and edit birthdays from our contacts.

Thanks again!

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

You have stated exactly what the users are requesting. We want a separate
event to be created for each person, but we do not want to administer this
functionality outside of Contacts. Simply, we want to be able to add,
review
and edit birthdays from our contacts.

But you said "We do not want to create separate contacts or calendar events
for the spouse
and five different kids." Now you say you do what separate events. It can't
be both ways and you already have separate events.

 

[Flintstone]

Please do not read more into my statement other than what was intended. The
statement is correct, "We do not want to create separate contacts or calendar
events for the spouse and five different kids."

As an example: I have a primary contact that has a wife and five kids.
- I want to list the spouse and all five kid’s names and birthday
information under a single contact which would be my primary contact.
- I want the birthday information to populate on my calendar as an event
with a reminder for the spouse and kids. In other works, Outlook should
perform the same functionality for the family as it does the primary contact.
- I do not want to create six different contacts to accommodate the wife and
kids birthday.
- I do not want to exit contacts and then use calendar to create six
reoccurring birthday appointments for the family.

I hope this helps.

 

[rlp]

Not sure who Brian is but he exemplifies the reason I will move my business
to Apple/Mac ar Linix by the end of this calendar year. I have a financail
planning business and the contacts are important. Flintstone is right on for
the business community. I have used "Contact Plus" in the past and may
return to it. Moreover the Biz Contact Manager is a joke! Why would a
developer create something for outlook business users and then not have it
interface with the regular contacts. Maybe I just expect too much for the
amount of money I pay to Microsoft - but all that will change and sooner
rather than later

 

[Russ Valentine]

No one here cares what you use or where you move your "business." Seems to
me that the problem is on your end. You want CRM software. You should have
researched and purchased the CRM software that best suits your need.
Outlook is not CRM software. It was never intended to be. If you bought it
and thought it was CRM software then you didn't research your purchase
carefully. Expecting Microsoft to change a program to suit your specific CRM
needs after you made the wrong choice is hardly realistic.
Suggest reading up on your software choices before you purchase a product.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

Not sure who Brian is but he exemplifies the reason I will move my business
to Apple/Mac ar Linix by the end of this calendar year.

Since I have nothing to do with Microsoft's approach to designing software, if
my remarks influence your business philosophy, you're basing your philosophy
on improper data. Not a good thing to do if you expect your business to
succeed.