AFAIK, you can't default to a state and it should default to the country you
have set in windows regional settings.

You could make a custom form with NY and US prefilled and set it as your
default contact form.

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"Phoebe" wrote in message
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When I do data entry, how to default "NY" in state and "US" incountry
fields
on Outlook contacts?