Merging duplicate contacts

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kszim

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

I have been transferring my contacts from Palm into Entourage and I find there are duplicate names with different pieces of information in each. Is there a way to merge the information so it all appears within one contact?

Also, the addresses imported as work related, whether or not they were in fact. Is there a way to change the designation from work to home with out having to copy and paste each piece of info?

Thank you!!
 
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Diane Ross

[email protected] said:
I have been transferring my contacts from Palm into Entourage and I find there
are duplicate names with different pieces of information in each. Is there a
way to merge the information so it all appears within one contact?
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Yes, you can with a script, or use Entourage sync to Apple Address Book and
use it's merge function.

ScriptBuilders: Merge Two Contacts 1.0.1
<http://scriptbuilders.net/files/mergetwocontacts1.0.1.html>

To help find duplicates:
Also, the addresses imported as work related, whether or not they were in
fact. Is there a way to change the designation from work to home with out
having to copy and paste each piece of info?
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I seem to remember a script that will do that, but can't find any notes on a
download link.
 
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Barry Wainwright

Diane said:
I seem to remember a script that will do that, but can't find any notes on a
download link.
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that's a fairly trivial script:

-- Swap First & Last names v1.0 (2007-08-23)
-- an applescript by Barry Wainwright <mailto:[email protected]>
-- swaps first & last name of a contact selected in MS Entourage
-- This script released under a Creative Commons Attribution,
NonCommercial, ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales License.
-- see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/> for full
details


tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
if class of (get displayed feature of window 1) is contact then
-- a contact window is open
set contactList to {displayed feature of window 1}
else if class of (get displayed feature of window 1) is address book then
-- address book is open
set contactList to selection
end if
if contactList is {} then
beep
else
repeat with aContact in contactList
tell aContact
copy first name to temp
copy (get last name) to first name
copy temp to last name
end tell
end repeat
end if
end tell
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

I have been transferring my contacts from Palm into Entourage and I find
there are duplicate names with different pieces of information in each.
Is there a way to merge the information so it all appears within one
contact?
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If you are doing so through SyncServices, your contacts are also in the
system Address Book. In this app, there is a command to identify and
merge duplicates.

Corentin
 
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