Sorry Stuart, I hit send & then realised I wanted to explain a bit more. This used to be a function of one of the first OS X's... there was actually a BT icon in AB when you paired a mobile device. It disappeared on the next version of X.
Cheers, Ronni Hi Stuart, This is a function of AddressBook 4 and Not AddressBook 5. <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=AddressBook/4.0/en/ad1057.html> Cheers, Ronni On 04/12/2010, at 5:19 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: > > Talking about Address Book, is there an address book that you dial the > telephone number either landline or mobile from with in the address book? > > Stuart Breden > PO Box 132 > Kalamunda WA 6926 > Ph: (08) 9257 1577 > Mbl: 0417 053 266 > > > > On 03/12/2010, at 5:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Hi Justin, >> >> In AddressBook2CSV Exporter, if you click on the minus ( - ) sign beside >> "Export", >> you can then select what you wish see in the export i.e. email, phones, >> title, addresses. >> But yes, I do agree it doesn't do as good a job as others. >> >> Looking in my Applications folder, I actually found that I had a paid copy >> of "Export Address Book.app, that I must have used ages ago. >> Gave it another try and was quite pleased with the result, but I'll give >> your suggestion of 'Address Book Exporter' a try (when I next find time) ;-) >> >> Below are details of 'Export Address Book' which I have used before. >> Export Address Book 1.5.3 >> >> <http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/exportaddressbook.html> >> >> About Export Address Book: >> Can export all the data in your Address Book into a data file. It even >> recognizes fields with self-defined labels. You can choose between various >> export formats, like TSV, CSV, HTML table and adapted vCard (in Address >> Book, you cannot specify which fields to export when you create a vCard - in >> Export Address Book, you can). >> >> You are able to select which contacts to export, which fields from those >> contacts and how to order them. For later reuse, you can save all of that as >> a template. In Address Book, you can assign self-defined labels to various >> fields. Export Address Book can recognize and export fields with >> self-defined labels. With the built-in Automator action, you can automate >> exports. >> >> <http://www.subclassed.com/software/export_address_book/details> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 03/12/2010, at 5:00 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks Justin, Ronni, >>> >>> I used this one: http://gwenhiver.net/address-book-exporter.html >>> With a cut down set of fields (just the ones needed) it was perfect. >>> >>> Ronni, I tried the AddressBook2CSV Exporter, but the CSV was unusable. >>> The multi line fields threw it right off. >>> >>> Glenn Nicholas >>> OM4 >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3 December 2010 11:38, Justin Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Glenn, try using "address book exporter" to export from address book to >>>> csv.... works for me >>>> >>>> Best regards >>>> >>>> >>>> Justin Davies >>>> >>>> www.justindavies.com.au >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>

