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<para>
The toolbar for the address book is quite simple:
-
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Press <guibutton>New</guibutton> for a new contact.
@@ -162,26 +161,37 @@
You can enter a name into the <guibutton>Full Name</guibutton>
field, or you can click the button to bring up a small dialog
box with a few text boxes:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem> <para>
- <guilabel>Title:</guilabel>Enter an honorific or select one from the menu.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem> <para> <guilabel>First:</guilabel>The person's first, or given, name.
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Title:</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem> <para>
+ Enter an honorific or select one from the menu.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>First:</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem> <para>The person's first, or given, name.
</para></listitem>
-
- <listitem> <para>
- <guilabel>Middle:</guilabel>The middle name or initial, if any, goes here.
- </para></listitem>
-
- <listitem> <para>
- <guilabel>Last:</guilabel>The last name (surname, family name), belongs here.
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Middle:</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem> <para>
+ The middle name or initial, if any, goes here.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Last:</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem> <para>
+ The last name (the surname, or family name), belongs here.
</para></listitem>
-
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Suffix:</guilabel></term>
<listitem> <para>
- <guilabel>Suffix:</guilabel>Suffixes such as "Jr." or "III" can go here.
+ Suffixes such as "Jr." or "III" can go here.
</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</para>
<para>
@@ -340,8 +350,7 @@
card in the "Business" category, because he works with me,
the "Friends" category, because he's also my friend, and
the "Frequent" category, because I call him all the time
- and can never remember his phone number.
- </para>
+ and can never remember his phone number.
<para>
To mark a card as belonging to a category, click the
<guibutton>Categories</guibutton> button at the lower
@@ -355,10 +364,21 @@
<para>
If the master list of categories don't suit you, you can
add your own. Just enter the new category's name in the
- text box, then click <guibutton>Categories</guibutton>e and
+ text box, then click <guibutton>Categories</guibutton> and
choose <guilabel>Add to Master List</guilabel> in the
window that appears. (FIXME: This isn't quite accurate.)
</para>
+
+ <tip id="usage-contact-categories-multiple">
+ <title>Another way to use Categories</title>
+ <para>
+ You can categorize contacts by typing the category
+ names into the <guilabel>Categories</guilabel>
+ field. You can also create new categories that way:
+ just type in a category name, and it counts as a
+ category.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>