Outlook 2003 Custom Forms Don't Open in Design View

Captain · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

In Outlook 2003, I want to create a custom form based on an appointment or
meeting request form. For the first time I explored the TOOLS/FORMS/DESIGN A
FORM command and selected 'Meeting Request. That form opened in
design view and I played with it for a while. I don't remember everything I
tested out, but after closing everything up, I now find that any form I try
to open in design view brings up the form with all the additional tabs, but
the form itself is not editable, it's just a reiteration of the form itself.

Any idea how I can reverse/correct this?

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] · Joined: 12 Aug 2007 Posts: 656

On most forms, some of the pages are not editable. In fact, any page with a date/time picker will not be editable.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

"Captain" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> In Outlook 2003, I want to create a custom form based on an appointment or
> meeting request form. For the first time I explored the TOOLS/FORMS/DESIGN A
> FORM command and selected 'Meeting Request. That form opened in
> design view and I played with it for a while. I don't remember everything I
> tested out, but after closing everything up, I now find that any form I try
> to open in design view brings up the form with all the additional tabs, but
> the form itself is not editable, it's just a reiteration of the form itself.
>
> Any idea how I can reverse/correct this?
>

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