Q: i would like to transfer my contact from my address book to numbers 3.1

Liz,

If you have iWork '09, it's easy -- just drag the contacts to a Numbers Sheet. If you only have Numbers 3.1, it's not really supported and won't be easy.

Jerry

Open Contacts

Select all the cards you want

Copy

In Numbers, in a table, select cell A1

Paste

Boom. Works great. Even brought in the pictures. Cool.

Thanks Ronnie,

I wasn't aware of the new method and I really appreciate your posting it here. Can I ask where you learned the technique? Was it trial and error? I don't find a reference in the Help guide.

I see that it's also possible to paste to a blank area of a Sheet and a table will be created. This is pretty close to the drag and drop capability that Version 2.3 had.

Jerry

Trial and error. I saw the post above and just started trying everything. It was actually quite surprising to me it worked and worked so well.

I hope Liz will give you the points for this one because you certainly deserve them. Nice work.

Jerry

ronniefromcalifornia wrote:

 

Open Contacts

Select all the cards you want

Copy

In Numbers, in a table, select cell A1

Paste

 

Boom. Works great. Even brought in the pictures. Cool.

Hi Ronnie,

That is cool. Thanks for the pointer!

SG