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Old 01-10-03, 01:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
anspa
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Sorry if it is an old news, but here is a creative way of categorizing persons in standard PocketPC Contacts, which I have invented and find very useful.

If you agree, there is no need to have Company field with real company name for a person in your contacts when Category is Personal. That company field may be used to categorize your contacts in a new dimension:

For example, you may define following "companies" = friends, doctors, relatives, real estate etc.

Then it is much easier to navigate in your contacts if you choose option View - By Company at the bottom of the screen when in Contacts. That will show following list with number of entries in each category:

doctors(2)
Dr. Kim
Dr. Leibovitz <--- if you click on a "company" name it expands the list
friends(11)
relatives(7)

etc.

You may want to have a neat list with real company names for Business use and personal contacts separated in that list, just start pseudo-company names with "_" character and it will put personal contacts in front of the companies:

_doctors(2)
_friends(11)
_relatives(7)
DELL(1)
Technical support (800) 624-9896 w
IBM(3)
Microsoft(2)
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