Accessing your Address Book contacts

Application Wizard lets you have your contacts always to hand, so that you can display phone numbers, create email messages, visit home pages, invite contacts to a chat, copy mailing labels and create vCards without having to open the Address Book application.

To look up contact information, display the Address Book submenu in the Special menu.

To display a phone number in large type so that you can see it while dialing, select it in the Address Book submenu. Click anywhere on the screen to stop displaying the number.

To quickly create a pre-addressed email message, select the email address in the Address Book submenu. To visit a home page or URL, select it in the in the Address Book submenu. To invite a contact to a video, audio or text chat, select his or her screen name in the Address Book submenu.

To copy an address as a mailing label, so that you can paste it into any application, select the address in the Address Book submenu.

To view birthdays, anniversaries or other important dates, related or maiden names and notes, select a contact and display the More Info submenu.

To open the Address Book application, choose Address Book from the Special menu. To show a contact or group in Address Book, select it in the Address Book submenu. To edit a contact, select it and choose Edit Card. To create a contact's virtual address card (vCard), select the contact and choose Export vCard.

If you don't see the Address Book item in the Special menu, you may need to add it to the menu. Click the Menus tab in the Application Wizard pane in System Preferences, click the Configure Special Menu button and drag the Address Book item from the Items list to the Special Menu list.