Need to add fields to contact form and can't do it

[asking]

Hello, My problem is trying to add a few fields in Outlook 2000, running on
Windows 2000 Professional. I need two additional fields in the contact form
to show Instant messanger and the provider (viz. Yahoo and AOL) as some
people use both. I tried going into tools, forms, design a form and that's
as far as I get. The problem is that I'm not a programmer, don't know VB,
and can't get the bloody thing to let me add the fields. I can create new
fields by clicking on "new", but the fields don't show up when I try to
select them. MS website is useless, as is help screen.

Is there anyone out there who can walk me through the steps?

Thanks in advance.

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[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

No VB or programming skills necessary. When you enter design mode, you should see a Field Chooser pop up. Click New to add a new text field to it, then drag that field only your form. See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm for more forms basics and beyond.
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[asking]

I've done that twice, but then how do I save the form? It keeps prompting me
for a new name for a contact; I simply want to add those fields to the
standard contact form. Totally confusing...

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No VB or programming skills necessary. When you enter design mode, you
should see a Field Chooser pop up. Click New to add a new text field to it,
then drag that field only your form. See
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/forms.htm for more forms basics and beyond.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

What you're doing is creating a template with which to display individual items. You have to save that template somewhere. With Outlook forms, what you do is publish the form with Tools | Forms | Publish -- see http://www.slipstick.com/dev/formpub.htm . You can then set it as either the default for your contacts folder or the global default for contacts -- see http://www.slipstick.com/dev/newdefaultform.htm