<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">You can create custom fields for your personal or shared contacts that will show up on the Create New Contact page. <br /><br /></span>
<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;">Follow these steps to create a new custom field: </span></h1>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Click on Personal and My Contacts or Groups and Shared Contacts.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Click on the <span>Custom Fields</span> option at the top of the My Contacts page.<br /></span><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields01.jpg" border="0" width="554" height="338" /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Click on the <span>+ Add a custom field</span> button<br /></span><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields02.jpg" border="0" width="555" height="192" /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">On the <span>Manage Custom Fields</span> page you can select the amount of characters that will be going into this field (50 to Unlimited) or if this field is going to relate to a Date, Integer, Decimal, Percent, Currency or if it’s a simple Yes/No answer. <br /><br />The Text Box, Drop-down and Radio Buttons options are for determining how the custom field will be presented. </span><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields03.jpg" border="0" width="555" height="217" /></span> 
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Text Box</strong> is for a text entry.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Drop-down</strong> provides a drop down menu selection with fields that you’ve created.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Radio Buttons</strong> show all the options you’ve created in an option button format.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Once you are finished creating your custom fields, click on the <span>Modify Custom fields button</span> to save your custom fields.<br /></span><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields04.jpg" border="0" width="555" height="488" /></span></li>
</ol><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><br />When you create a Personal or Shared Contact the <span>Custom Fields</span> you’ve created will appear at the bottom of the Create a New Contact page.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #000000;"><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields06.jpg" border="0" /></span>
<h1><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Notes</span></h1>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">An easy way to display custom fields without having to click on the "Edit" button is to <a href="contact/18-sharedcontacts/157-create-a-new-category.html" target="_new"><span>create a new Category</span></a> and set the custom fields to display in the category view.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Custom fields do not show up when you double click on a contact to bring up the information. This is because in many cases there are too many custom fields to show on that screen (making the contact info unreadable and inaccurate).</span></li>
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