>using the notes field would be less confusing than multiple contacts for one
>person. An alternate method is to insert the old contact in the notes field
>of the new contact. Copy the important notes out and paste them into the
>Notes field for easy access.
>
>
>
>Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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>"dan" wrote in message news:e5igl6dqetqt1jakpq86mdq6eqslsg591c@4ax.com...
>
>I register my contacts per company. That works well until they change
>company.
>Very often, they stay in the same field and we deal again after a while.
>then my
>question is how best to keep track of the history and the new situation.
>
>Then a lot of information becomes obsolete and can be discarded, like their
>email & phone details. But some information I'd rather keep, like a history
>of
>the relationship, good or bad deals, friendly/unfriendly events, etc.
>But then it can become awkward to have a lot of info about john Doe when he
>was
>at company A left into his record at company B.
>
>I've come up with two ideas, but neither is really satisfactory:
>
>1) keep a single record for the individual, change his company field to his
>new
>job, and push everything else into comments.
>
>2) create a folder "Obsolete". When John Doe moves from company A to B, I
>move
>his record at A to that folder, and create a new for him at B.
>
>Both have advantages, but neither is really satisfying me.
>
>
>Are there any other known ways to handle this? any best practices?
>
>
>Thanks
>dan
>