Adding Second PhoneBook

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sabella102

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Hi,

I am new Palm user and I was wondering if there is a way to add a second PhoneBook to my Palm TX. I would like to have one for work and one for Me

Does anyone if this is possible and if so how?

Thanks,

Joe
 
Not possible to have two phone books but you can have a business category and a personal category - which can be "hidden" by reviewing the security and show private records section of the manual. You can also purchase additional enhanced Address Book programs that will prevent people from accessing your private records.
 
I have been using categories for my contacts without any problems. It may take a while to assign categories to each contact. However, once its done, it is easy to use.
 
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. One of the problems I have using catagories is that I sync up with my companies phone list (several 100 people) and then I would have to go through and catagories them again. So was hoping for an alteranate strategy.
 
I use Agendus. Agendus is a great alternative to the original palm calendar and phone book. It integrates the two functions and has the option to set contact defaults to practically anything you want. (menu>options>preferences>contacts).

Before syncing with your company's phone book, change the default category to business or company directory or whatever and the new contacts will be placed in that directory when synced.

After syncing, just reset the preference to what you want. You can find Agendus at palmgear.com. Who knows, you may even be able to do it with the original palm phone book.

That's the only thing I can think of.
 
If your contacts already have the company name entered, Agendus Pro would be the program to use. Agendus Pro has a built-in matrix for grouping contacts by name, company, etc. Agendus Pro uses the Palm's built-in databases.


Here's another idea regarding setting up categories: Make sure you back up your data first!

1. Export your contacts into a text file.

2. Open the text file with Excel.

3. Add a column for the category field.

4. Copy and paste your category name to each Contact.

5. Save your text file after your changes are made.

5. Delete your existing contacts out of Palm Desktop or Outlook.

6. Import your text file into Palm Desktop or Outlook. You may need to map some fields during the process.
 
There's also an app called ezMaintain which you can get from www.pdaperformance.com which will allow you to recategorize as many contacts at once as you want. Install the app. Sync your work contacts to the TX. Open ezMaintain. Select all contacts and move them to the Business category. Then add all your personal contacts and assign them to the Personal category as you add them. Or if you are syncing personal contacts from a home computer they will probably initially show up in the Unfiled category. Select all in the Unfiled category in ezMaintain and move them to Personal.
 
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