Overview
Mac OS-X comes with a contact manager called Address
Book which interfaces with Mail and iCal to help you organize your
electronic world.
Training
The following explains how to use different parts of
the application.
Adding/Taking Your Contacts
You can load your contacts from another computer to your Address Book or take your contacts to take to another computer. A vCard, or "virtual address card," is a standard method of exchanging data between applications. Address Book can create and read vCards, so if you have another application that also works with the vCard format, you can import or export addresses as vCards. Also, you can send your own card to other people in vCard format. They can use the vCard to add your information to their address books.
You can drag and drop vCards in or out of Address Book or you can work with vCards using commands in the File menu. To import contacts from another computer, go to File>Import..., choose a file format, then import to the correct fields. To export your contacts to take to another computer, select the contacts in your Address Book, then go to File>Export vCard..., then save this as a file. Take this file to the other computer on CD, memory stick, or by emailing it to yourself.
Note: This will not save the addresses from the Previous Recipients list in your Mail application. |
Address Book Tips
- application uses vCards
- each contact is a vCard
- you can have groups
Importing Contacts
The application allows you to import vCards or contacts from a variety
of sources.
Using Address Book
There is an extensive user's manual by going to Address Book and then
using the Help menu.
List of Features
The application allows you to:
- store all kinds of information about each of your contacts
- link directly to school server (LDAP) to feed your Mail application
with school addresses
- make groups of contacts to speed your communication to groups of people
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