On Jan 20, 2005, at 9:23, Marta Edie wrote: > Is there a way to back up the Apple address book to a CD for instance? > Every time I have tried this, I later cannot open it. It asks the > question to select an application to open it with, then gives me " an > error has occurred". I backed the stuff up to my iDisk, but I simply > would like my addresses on a CD, in a list form with all the Schmalz. > The address book now has at least the feature to print the names out > in list form which used not to be the case in, I believe, the Jaguar > version still. It just intrigues me how I could go about it. ( I know > I could preserve the stuff by printing it out, but then, suppose I had > a melt down, would I have to reenter each entry anew?) > Years ago I helped myself by putting the list (touch base) on the > screen, then taking a screen picture and saving it as a file. So I > ended up with about ten pages, but I still can check these old > addresses out today, because these files are in my documents and can > be put on CDs. However, the Apple addressbook while printing a list, > never gives you the opportunity to show the list on screen--or?- Even > the palm pilot has that possibility. >
Could you print, and then save as a pdf file? That seems to work for me. Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2373 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050120/d0f83174/attachment.bin
