<span style="font-size: 10pt;">You can create custom fields for your personal or shared contacts that will show up on the Create New Contact page. </span><br />
<h1><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Usage Guidelines</span></h1>
Follow these steps to create a new custom field: <ol>
<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 <a><span>Custom Fields</span></a> option at the top of the My Contacts page.<br /><br /></span><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields01.jpg" width="555" border="0" height="339" /></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Click on the <a><span>+ Add a custom field</span></a> button<br /><br /></span><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields02.jpg" width="553" border="0" height="193" /></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">On the <a><span>Manage Custom Fields</span></a> 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><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields03.jpg" width="555" border="0" height="217" /> 
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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 <a><span>Modify Custom fields button</span></a> to save your custom fields.<br /><br /></span><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields04.jpg" width="555" border="0" height="487" /></li>
</ol><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><br />When you create a Personal or Shared Contact the <a><span>Custom Fields</span></a> you’ve created will appear at the bottom of the Create a New Contact page.<br /></span><span style="color: #000000;"><br /></span><img src="http://www.hyperoffice.com/hyperoffice/helpengine/en_US/images/customfields06.jpg" width="555" border="0" height="225" />
<h1><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Notes</span></h1>
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<li><span style="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 </span>the category view.</li>
<li>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).</li>
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