Show Focus Separate from project in outlook

Is there any way to map an outlook user defined field so that it would show the Focus in a separate field from the Project?

Is there a way to assign the Focus without having to open every item?  I have a bunch of tasks I am trying to migrate into this system and it takes a long time to open each one to assing the focus.  

I am using Outlook 2010 (which I know has some functionality issues) with Windows 7 professional.  

Thanks,
John