What info goes in "Contacts" field in bottom left-hand corner

[Gordon L.]

Will someone please explain what I should enter in the "Contacts" field
located in the bottom left-hand of the record.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Click the button and find out! You'll see that it allows you to choose contacts and thus set up links from the current item to those contacts.

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

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

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Nothing, unless you need to link one Contact to another.

 

[Sproxton]

Sue
I have Office 2003 at work and use the 'Contacts' field in the bottom left
hand corner to link to associate two or more contacts together (eg, people in
the same company).
But with Outlook 2007, that field has disappeared - how do I link contacts
now?

Thanks
Phil

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In Outlook 2007, the Contacts box for linking items to contacts does not appear by default. You will need to turn it on -- Tools | Options | Contact Options | Show Contact Activity Information on All Forms.

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

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

 

[Lee]

Sue,

I turned "Show Contact Activity Information on ALL Forms on, but it did
not put the Contacts Linking field on the Contact Detail. I use this
field all the time to link contacts from the same company, group, or
organization together.

Is there anyway to get it in Outlook 2007?

Thanks in advance,
-Lee

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Try again. That's the right procedure. Maybe you just need to make the window taller so that you can see it.

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

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