<title>Learn about the Windows Address Book</title>
<category>biz</category>
<klink type="cncpt">Tell me about the Windows Address Book</klink>
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<p>The Windows Address Book, known as the Money Contact Manager from within Money, provides a convenient place to store and organize contact information. You can use this contact information with programs such as Microsoft Outlook Express and Money Small Business. You can also access Internet directory services and synchronize your Windows Address Book with your payee list in Money. Use the Windows Address Book to:</p>
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<tease>Store important information about the people and groups who are important to you</tease>
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<p>Store e-mail and instant messaging addresses, home and work addresses, phone and fax numbers, digital IDs, conferencing information, and personal information such as birthdays. You can also keep notes and store individual and business Internet addresses, and link directly to them from your address book.</p>
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<tease>Find people and businesses by using LDAP directory services</tease>
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<p>The Windows Address Book supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), powerful search tools that enable you to look up names and addresses on the Internet. You can use these services when addressing e-mail messages.</p>
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<tease>Create groups of contacts for mailing lists</tease>
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<p>Create groups of contacts to make it easy to send e-mail to a set of people, such as business associates or relatives. Any time you want to send e-mail to everyone in the group, just use the group name instead of entering each contact individually.</p>
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<tease>Share your address book with other users</tease>
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<p>Put contacts into a Shared Contacts folder so that other users related to your business can access them.</p>
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<tease>Import names from your other address books</tease>
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<p>Using Money Contact Manager doesn't mean leaving your old address book information behind. You can import your personal address books from many popular e-mail programs.</p>
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<tease>Send and receive business cards</tease>
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<p>If you create an electronic business card in the Address Book, you can exchange it between different programs (such as e-mail, address books, and personal planners) and between different digital devices.</p>
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<tease>Print all or part of your address book and take it with you</tease>
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<p>Print your address book to add to your personal planner. You can print all contact information, only business information, or only phone numbers, for any or all contacts.</p>
