You can manage groups
in the address book in Windows XP Professional by
creating groups of your contacts. It becomes very easy
to find your contacts when they are organized well. A
simple way to organize them is by creating groups and
then placing the contacts in the appropriate groups or
categories like family, friends, coworkers etc. The
feature to manage groups in the address book in Windows
XP Professional makes it very easy to look for all your
stored information. If all the stored information is
organized well, you can easily retrieve it from the
different programs in your operating system. These
include the Microsoft Phone System, NetMeeting,
Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Microsoft
Outlook. This is how we create as well as manage groups
in the address book in Windows XP Professional:
How
to Open the Address Book:
How to Create a
Group:
You can create a single group and give it a name e.g. top friends or
co-workers. This will make it very convenient to send a single message
to numerous contacts together in an instant. When sending the message
you just have to add that group name in the box.
Follow these steps to create a group in order to manage groups in the
address book in Windows XP Professional:
- Go to the Address Book.
- Click on New in the toolbar, and next click
on New Group.
- The dialog box named Properties will appear.
Type in the name of the group in the Group Name box.
How to Move a Group
or a Contact:
-
Select the name of the group or contact that you want to move in the
Address Book contact list.
-
Drag
the selected contact or group from the list on the right to the
desired group or folder on the left.
You can make as many
groups as you want and can also keep a single contact in multiple groups
at the same time. As you follow these tips, you can well manage the
contacts in the address book in Windows XP Professional.
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