<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This article describes how you can create custom fields for your personal or shared contacts that will show up on the Create New Contact page.</span></p>
<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Follow these steps to create a new custom field:</span></h1>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Click on Personal and My Contacts <strong>or</strong> Groups and Shared Contacts depending on where you want to create your new custom field.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Click on the Custom Fields option at the top of the Contacts page.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Click on the + Add a custom field button</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">On the Manage Custom Fields 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 /></span> 
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Text Box is for a text entry.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Drop-down provides a drop down menu selection with fields that you’ve created.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Radio Buttons show all the options you’ve created in an option button format.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br />The Text Box, Drop-down and Radio Buttons options are for determining how the custom field will be presented.<br /></span>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Once you are finished creating your custom fields, click on the Modify Custom fields button to save your custom fields.</span></p>
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</ol><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><br />When you create a Personal or Shared Contact the Custom Fields you’ve created will appear at the bottom of the Create a New Contact page.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Notes</strong></span><br /> 
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">An easy way to display custom fields without having to click on the "Edit" button is to create a new Category and set the custom fields to display in the category view.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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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