Turn Outlook Contacts into a CRM with Custom Fields
Learn how to add custom fields to Microsoft Outlook Contacts so you can track the information that's most important to your business or personal workflow. In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll create user-defined fields, customize contact views, add Yes/No tracking fields, and sort contacts using your own custom information.
Microsoft Outlook Contacts can do much more than store names, phone numbers, and email addresses. By creating custom fields, you can transform Outlook into a lightweight CRM for tracking customers, leads, projects, vendors, memberships, account status, follow-up activities, and other business information.
In This Microsoft Outlook Tutorial
You'll learn how to:
✔ Create custom fields in Microsoft Outlook Contacts
✔ Open and use the Field Chooser
✔ Create user-defined contact fields
✔ Add Yes/No tracking fields
✔ Customize Outlook Contact views
✔ Sort and filter contacts using custom fields
✔ Organize customer and business information
✔ Use Outlook Contacts as a lightweight CRM
✔ Improve contact management and productivity
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Why custom fields are useful
00:30 Reviewing existing contact fields
00:53 Opening the Field Chooser
01:18 Creating a custom field
01:30 Choosing field types and formats
01:53 Adding the field to the contact list
02:13 Updating contact records
02:30 Sorting contacts by the custom field
02:52 Summary and best practices
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