Montrose Lyle wrote:

I've been using Outlook for years for business contacts, but now that
I've retired, personal contacts seem much more complex. Similar
improvements have been requested before, but since I just got Outlook
2007 and saw few improvements in the area of personal contacts, I
wanted to reiterate my (and probably millions of retirees needs).

I think your suggestions are good, but Outlook is not really a Contact
Manager, per se. Nonetheless, there's no reason why you couldn't design
your own Contacts form to include this information.
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Brian Tillman