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Adeline MooreAdeline Moore 

How can I set a default value to the Account field in my Contact record?

I would like the Accoutn field to default to a vertian value, But also to be able to be typed in if different from default value. How can I do this on a standard Lookup field
Roshni RahulRoshni Rahul
Hi Adeline,

Actually it is an Idea posted in success community.https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=087300000007PidAAE
Programmatically you can use trigger to set it as default.

Refer the links belows
https://success.salesforce.com/answers?id=90630000000ggziAAA
http://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/7286/how-to-give-default-value-to-a-lookup-field-in-salesforce

Regards
​Roshni