I usually either import CSV files into address book, or use thecontextual menu with in mail to populate my address book. I have also had some luck linking my address book in Snow Leopard with the Google gmail" address book.
Jonathan On Aug 26, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Hello Sarah, > > Thank you for your response. I was doing just that, but it seemed an odd > approach, especially since sometimes, when "re-interacting" with something > with which one had previously interacted, all the Mac would do was beep at > me. Though the approach works most of the time, it is slow, inconsistent and > clunky, definitely a step or three below Mac's usually excellent approach to > handling things. > > I will start to look for an alternative to the Address Book and let everyone > know if I find it. I believe that I will also write to the accessibility > people and apprise them of this sad state. > > Mike > > On 25,Aug,2011, at 7:12 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> You have to stop interacting and reinstaract with the text after you enter >> it. then and only then can you edit and make sure it's right. >> >> Good luck. >> On Aug 24, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I am having several issues with the Address Book running Lion. This is not >>> to say that these issues didn't exist while running Snow Leopard; I am only >>> now getting my feet wet, as it were, with Mac's Address Book. >>> >>> One particularly annoying problem I am having is my inability to enter text >>> in the area where one is prompted to enter information such as e-mail >>> addresses and phone numbers. Though Voice Over says "Edit Text," it is not >>> possible for me to have VO read the text I have just entered;. If I exit >>> Address Book and re-enter it, the information I just typed is there. >>> >>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to configure the Address Book and >>> Voice Over so that the application is truly usable? I don't want to say >>> that Address Book is causing the problem. 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