Hello; as the problem is with snow lepard is there a chance someone on this list would know how to get to the correct subfolder in address book so the people needing to do this would have a working solution until apple fixes the problem in snow lepard. good luck, Max On Nov 24, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Tony and Nic, > > Tony wrote: >>>> How on earth can I create groups in adressbook? The problem I have >>>> is when I created the group from the file menu the name is >>>> untitled and I can not get it to change to for example Work. >>>> Any Idea? > > I don't know whether there are new problems with creating groups in > Address Book under Snow Leopard, but here are directions for creating > groups under Leopard, pasted from a post I made to the mac-access list > back in July. They may not help you, since changing the name of a > group under Address Book is not a problem under Leopard. If Address > Book does not simply accept what you type in as a name when you create > the group using the file menu command, under Leopard you can activate > the edit field by either pressing the return key, the tab key, or by > routing the mouse cursor to your selection with VO-Command-F5 and then > using VO-Shift-Space to "click" on the group name. Turning on NumPad > Commander and pressing "5" on the numeric keypad also works to click > on the group name in the last example. > > Anyway, here are the instructions that describe how to use "New Group > from Selection" and non-contiguous selection. The numbered > instructions are given after a description of the process. This works > for Leopard. It would be useful to report back whether any of this > still works in Snow Leopard. > > <begin excerpt> > Subject: Working with Groups in Address Book [was Re: Importing > contacts (revisited)] > > Date: July 27, 2009 > > Hi, > > You can create and edit groups similar to the way you can create and > edit playlists in iTunes. I recently answered a question off-list on > non-contiguous selection; use that to create your groups. Let's > assume you have no groups at all and want to create one by selecting > items from the group named "All" that contains all contacts in your > Address Book using non-contiguous selection. Turn off cursor tracking > (VO-Shift-F3), use VO-Command-Space to select entries, turn cursor > tracking back on (VO-Shift-F3), then go to the File menu on the > Address Book menu bar and select the "New Group from Selection" > option. Type in the name of the group. Rename groups by double- > clicking on the group name with VO-Shift-Space (press Control-Option- > Shift and tap the space bar twice) and typing in the new name. This > is the same way you rename playlists in iTunes. (Tabbing also seems to > let you enter a new name in a group you created, but I'm finding that > an annoyance, since I want to use it to navigate to the name table -- > not use VO-Right arrow.) You can also add entries to the group you > created with copy and paste. You need to copy from the Name table of > one group and paste to the Name table of the group you want to add to. > If you want to select multiple rows in sequence to copy, hold down the > Shift key and use your arrow keys. Show selected items with VO-F6. > For a long list you can lock your VoiceOver keys (VO-Semi-Colon) so > you only need to make selections by pressing Command-Space and check > your selections by pressing F6. Then unlock your keys by pressing > semi-colon, turn cursor tracking back on, and navigate to the File > menu a new group from your selection. The "Last Imported" group must > be a smart group like the "Recently added" smart playlist in iTunes. > You could make this a regular (permanent) group for this by first > creating a new group (Command-Shift-N). Then select "Last Imported" > in the group table, tab to the Name table and select all (Command-A). > Copy (Command-C), navigate back to the group table (Shift-Tab), new > group from your selection with the File menu option (VO-M; press "F"; > arrow down to "New Group from Selection") > > 1. Navigate to the Group table and select "All" > 2. Tab to the Name table and interact > 3. Navigate to the first contact name you want to select > 4. Turn cursor tracking off (VO-Shift-F3) > 5. Navigate through the list (e.g. VO-Down Arrow) and add selections > (VO-Command-Space) > 6. Optionally check selections with VO-F6 > 7. Turn cursor tracking back on when done (VO-Shift-F3) > 8. Create a new group from your selection (VO-M to menu bar; press "F" > for File menu; arrow down to "New Groups from Selection" > > Other comments: > • You can create a new group first using the button below the Group > Table (VO-Down Arrow) or the shortcut (Command-Shift-N) and then paste > your selection into the Name Table for the group. I was just finding > it annoying to have to use the VO-arrow keys to navigate between > tables because pressing tab on a created group always seems to invoke > the edit field, so I have to VO-Right arrow to the Name table. > • VO-Command-Space is a toggle action, so you can de-select items > you've selected by pressing VO-Command-Space as well as select new > items; then check your selection with VO-F6 > • Locking VoiceOver keys (VO-Semi-Colon) and using Command-Space is > convenient for long lists. Remember to turn this off when you're done > by pressing Semi-Colon > • Remember you can get to the top or bottom of a table with VO-Home > and VO-End (or VO-Fn-Shift-Left Arrow and Right Arrow on a laptop). > • It's clear that Address Book isn't in as good shape as iTunes with > respect to navigation and other options with groups. For example, it > would be useful to have an option that tells you which groups a given > contact is listed in and it would be useful if you could copy and > paste to the group table entry rather than navigating to the > corresponding name table. > > <end excerpt> > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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