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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
