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Outlook 2000 - Contact views

Apr 4, 2007 8:07AM PDT

Hi there,

I have scrubbed the internet trying to find this answer....so hopefully someone can help or point me in the right direction.

I have a number of contacts in my MS Outlook program...roughly 400. I frequently call on these contacts and as you can imagine it gets tough to keep track of who I've called at a glance.

I also keep a journal entry of all contacts that I talk with and enter the time spent helping them.

The view I use the most is my 'Contact view', which lists phone #, etc... I would like to add another column from my Journal...lets say 'Start time'. I can add this column but it doesn't show anything in the column.

Basically what I would like is to glance at my 'Contact view' and know who I've called...so I don't embarrass myself or seem like I'm calling too often.

Thanks,
Happyworker

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It appears you need a Contact Manager.
Apr 4, 2007 8:16AM PDT

I've seen others use Goldmine and others which has this feature. I never found this to be a feature of this program.

Bob

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Outlook as a Contact manager
Apr 4, 2007 8:28AM PDT

Thanks for your response Bob.

I'm really happy with Outlook and would like to keep using it...it is a type of Contact manager isn't it? I just want to be able to see who I've called and when....in a column view against my other contacts.

Thanks again

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If you had used a contact manager...
Apr 4, 2007 8:31AM PDT

You would not call Outlook such. I use Outlook 2000 and took a quick spin around making a new view but it didn't come close to what contact managers do for us.

Please go get a demo of any contact manager to see what it does.

Bob

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Well, not MS "Business Contact Manger"
Feb 1, 2008 1:45PM PST

It's unusable. Which are you using and what do you suggest. I, for years, used DayTimer's program,now defunct these many years, and haven't found anything as flexible and powerful.

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While looking for something else I stumbled upon ...
Feb 2, 2008 4:59AM PST