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Why does address book add new phone and email addresses as "other"?

I must be missing something very obvious, but I can't seem to set Address Book to add all new contact info as "Work" entries. Frustrating now, because I have to edit every new entry and change all the fields from "other" to "work." This appears to happen when I "grab" phone or email info from an email message.


TIA

MBP 2.4 Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.7.1), iPhone 3Gs, iPad 1 and 2

Posted on Mar 20, 2012 4:57 AM

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Mar 20, 2012 5:10 AM in response to Shootist007

Thanks ... Couple of things:


-- what is the Main contact list? Not sure I follow. You're probably suggesting that I pick an appropriate gropu?

-- and typically this happens when importing information from Mail. Click on signature information or the address token in the header and when Address Book populates either a new or existing contact with the entries, the new fields will all be "other."


Essentially I end up having to edit every addition to Address Book. Messy

Why does address book add new phone and email addresses as "other"?

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