Notes in Outlook 2003

I am not understanding the Notes feature.
Can I make a note with some tidbit of info that I want to be attached to a
Contact?
When I make a note I see no way to say this goes under John Doe.
When I pull up John Doe Contact card & go to Activities there is a "Notes"
in the drop down but I dont know how to put a note there for that person only.
I just want to put infomation & not a task or activity.

If I cant use notes, If I put the info in a task & put John Doe as Contact,
it also puts the task under me as "owner" & there is no way to remove my name
from owner.

Also When I bring up a contact & go to "Activities" it wants to default to
"ALL Items" which starts bringing in every email. Can I just default to
something else like "Tasks" ?

I am trying to use this program as a PIM but not having much luck.
Do you know is Outlook 2007 is any more useful for personal use & not sales ?
Would appreciate any help in accomplishing what I need to do.
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Barry
www.beamalarm.com