Not everyone needs custom Contact fields, but if you find yourself repeatedly using the Notes field for the same information or jumping from screen to screen in search of related data, here's a way to put it to work for you. For our example, we'll show you how to create and use custom fields.
Start from within a view you'd like to update. In this case, we'd like to create a variation of the default Phone List view, which you get to by selecting View / Arrange By / Current View / Phone List. To begin customising, select View / Arrange By / Custom, then click the Fields button. On the left is a list of the available fields you could use, and on the right is the list of fields currently in the view. To remove a field from the view, select it, and then click Remove. After you've removed the superfluous fields, select the fields you want from the list on the left and click Add.
To add a custom field, click the New Field button. In the resulting dialogue box, enter a name, select a field type (such as Text, Number or Date) and, if necessary, a format for the data. Next, save your view by selecting View / Arrange By / Current View / Define Views and highlighting Current View Settings. Click Copy, then give the view a name and click OK. That view should now appear in the View / Arrange By / Current View menu.
To add a custom field, click the New Field button and give the field a name in the resulting dialogue box.
Once you save and name your new view, it will appear as an option on the Current View menu.
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