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Vincent Mistretta
I cant change the contact type in enourage's address book. Can anyone tell
me how?
me how?
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Adam Bailey
Vincent Mistretta said:I cant change the contact type in enourage's address book. Can anyone tell
me how?
What do you mean by contact "type"? Do you mean the font?
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Guest
No, next to each contact there is a person icon indicating the type of
contact you saved. It is even a column with wich you can sort your contacts.
I just cant figure out how to change the contact type. The apple address
book handles this properly and I have even tried to import the vcard from
the apple address book but the settings are lost in entourage. I'm a long
time windows user and I just switched so that might be part of my trouble!
contact you saved. It is even a column with wich you can sort your contacts.
I just cant figure out how to change the contact type. The apple address
book handles this properly and I have even tried to import the vcard from
the apple address book but the settings are lost in entourage. I'm a long
time windows user and I just switched so that might be part of my trouble!
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Sam Elowitch
If I'm not mistaken, the column for Contact Type merely distinguishes
individual listings from group listings, not home from business.
However, if you move the contact info out of the Home tab and into the Work
tab (or vice versa), it should achieve the effect you're looking for. To do
that in a single step, try the script Swap Home and Work v1.0 by John
Cunningham:
<http://www.scriptbuilders.net/category.php?search=entouragex swap home%
20and%20work>.
-Sam
individual listings from group listings, not home from business.
However, if you move the contact info out of the Home tab and into the Work
tab (or vice versa), it should achieve the effect you're looking for. To do
that in a single step, try the script Swap Home and Work v1.0 by John
Cunningham:
<http://www.scriptbuilders.net/category.php?search=entouragex swap home%
20and%20work>.
-Sam
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vincent Mistretta
Thanks for the reply. The real problem I'm trying to rectify is the contacts
that I have the at are businesses, like "able plumbing" that dont have people
listed under the contact won't sort properly. So my thought was if I could
change the contact type to business from individual, the sorting issue might
go away. Thanks for the thoughts.
Vinnie
that I have the at are businesses, like "able plumbing" that dont have people
listed under the contact won't sort properly. So my thought was if I could
change the contact type to business from individual, the sorting issue might
go away. Thanks for the thoughts.
Vinnie
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Adam Bailey
vincent Mistretta said:Thanks for the reply. The real problem I'm trying to rectify is
the contacts that I have the at are businesses, like "able
plumbing" that dont have people listed under the contact won't
sort properly. So my thought was if I could change the contact
type to business from individual, the sorting issue might go away.
You could use a custom field for this.
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Paul Berkowitz
Thanks for the reply. The real problem I'm trying to rectify is the contacts
that I have the at are businesses, like "able plumbing" that dont have people
listed under the contact won't sort properly. So my thought was if I could
change the contact type to business from individual, the sorting issue might
go away. Thanks for the thoughts.
That's not what's meant by Contact Type (unlike in Apple's Address Book, for
example). As Sam says, the symbols in that Contact Type column are of only
two kinds - single blobs for Contacts, and double blobs for Groups. (In
2004, they look like blobs, in X they're little stick men.) As well, in
2004, if a contact is also an MSN Messenger contact, the blob will be
color-coded to reflect its online status - red blob means online. That must
be why we moved to blobs in 2004: both the functionality and the appearance
are borrowed from the MSN for Mac OS X client.)
The new thing in the 2004 Address Book - which is why I'm going to assume
you're in 2004 since you didn't bother to say so - is that contacts that
have no First Name or Last Name now display Company - if they have one - or
email address (if they have no company but do have an email address), then
instant message address (same) in the Name column of the Address Book,
whereas in X and 2001 the Name column remained blank. (Actually, nickname
takes precedence over Company.) That's because there were lots of user
requests for this (see - it does make a difference if you make Feedback
requests). These Company or email "names" also show up in the contact's
summary when displayed, and in a vCard. This is _much_ nicer than being
blank.
However, as you've spotted, they seem to have taken a shortcut, and aren't
incorporating these proxy Names when sorting by Name. These substitute names
are still being left at the top (and not sorted alphabetically there either
- it looks random, but the order is in fact by date of creation - internal
ID.)
So you have two choices: either copy the Company into the Last Name field,
as you'd do in X. Then the Name column will sort as you like. I'd say that's
the best idea. Or, what Adam may have meant, would be to copy Last Name (if
there is one) or Company (if there isn't) into a Custom Field and sort by
that. A lot of work. To include First Name you'd have to put it after Last
Name.
One workaround, is just to quickly click on Company column to take a look at
the sorted companies there. If it's not there, switch back to Name. That
works pretty well for me.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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