The Address Book Settings page allows you to customize your contact information by creating categories and labels. In addition, the Settings page gives you the option of easily removing all your contacts.

Create, Edit, and Discard Categories

All your Address Book contacts are stored in categories. By default, your Address Book contains these categories:

• Family
• Friends
• Work
  
  

You can edit the names of these categories as well as create new ones, up to 10 total.

To create a new category:

1. In the Address Book sidebar, click Settings; the Settings page appears. The page has two tabs across the top: Categories and Labels. Categories is selected by default.
   
   
2. In the blank box at the bottom of the list of categories, type the name of your new category, and select a color from the pop-up menu (if you do not wish to use the assigned color). Remember, categories describe a group of contacts; for example, you might have a number of medical doctors you want to group into a category named "MDs".
   
   
3. If you have more categories to add, click Add Another Category and another empty box will appear.
   
   
4. When finIshed adding categories, click Save. The page refreshes, and your new categories are included in the list in alphabetical order. A new blank box is added at the bottom in case you want to add another category.
   
   
5. You will now be able to assign contacts to this new category, as well as use it to filter messages.
   
   

To edit an existing category:

1. In the Address Book sidebar, click Settings; the Settings page appears, with Categories selected by default.
   
   
2. All categories appear in editable fields; edit the category you want to change, then click Save at the bottom of the page.
   
   

To discard a category:

1. In the Address Book sidebar, click Settings; the Settings page appears, with Categories selected by default.
   
2. Select the check box next to the category you want to discard, then click the Discard Checked button. The category is permanently discarded; any contacts assigned to the category are also permanently discarded.
   
3. Click Save.
   
   

Create, Edit, and Discard Labels


All pieces of information you store about an individual contact are described using "labels". For example, you might have two phone numbers for a contact, one of which is labeled "Home" and the other "Work". By default, the Address Book includes the following labels:

• Fax
• Home
• Mobile
• Personal
• Work
  

You can edit the names of these labels and create new ones, up to 10 total.

To add a label:

1. In the Address Book sidebar, click Settings; then click the Labels tab at the top of the page to open the Labels page.
2. In the blank box at the bottom of the list of labels, type the name of your new label.
3. If you have more labels to add, click Add Another Label and another empty box will appear.
4. When finished adding labels, click Save. The page refreshes, and your new labels are included in the list in alphabetical order. A new blank box is added at the bottom in case you want to add another label.
5. After saving, you will be able to assign contact information to this new label, as well as view it on the Browse Contacts page describing the contact information displayed.
   

To edit an existing label:

1. In the Address Book sidebar, click Settings; then click the Labels tab at the top of the page to open the Labels page.
2. Edit the label as you wish, then click Save.
   
   

To discard a label:

1. In the Address Book sidebar, click Settings; then click the Labels tab at the top of the page to open the Labels page.
2. Click Discard Label to the right of the label you want to delete. The label's text field is cleared.
3. Click Save.
   
   

Manage Contacts If you want to clear your Address Book of all contacts in one action, do the following:

1. In the Address Book sidebar, click Settings; then click the Categories tab at the top of the page.
2. This page tells you how many contacts you've stored. To discard them all, click Empty My Address Book. To empty the contacts in a particular category, click Empty Contents in the category row.
3. You will be asked to confirm your discard and warned that proceeding will permanently discard all contacts from your Address Book; they will not be moved to Trash. To continue, click Discard. If you change your mind, click Cancel.
   
   

If you want to move all the contacts in one category into another, do the following:

1. In the Address Book sidebar, click Settings; then click the Categories tab at the top of the page.
2. Select the check box next to the category of contacts you want to move.
3. From the Move checked to drop-down list, select the category to which you want to move the contacts, then click Go.
4. Click Save.