Changing How You View Contacts

Viewing Contacts by Category Changing the Default Category Changing the Number of Contacts Displayed Viewing by Alphabetic Group Changing the Sort Order

Changing the Default Category

Initially, the All category displays when you open your Yahoo! Address Book. You can change the default so that the category of your choice displays when you open your Address Book. Of course you can view any of your categories at any time by clicking the category name on the left under the Categories label. Learn more

 

Here’s How

  1. On the Contacts tab, click the Options link found on the right side of the page.

    Click the Options link.

    The Address Book Options page opens.

  2. Under the Personalization column, click the General Preferences link.

    The General Preferences page opens.

  3. Under the Default Category to View label, select a category from the pull-down list, then click the Save button.

    Select a category from the pull-down list.

    You are returned to the Address Book Options page.

  4. Return to your Address Book by clicking the Contacts tab.

    Your Address Book now displays your chosen category and will display this category each time you open your Address Book.

 

What’s Next

You can change the default category view anytime you like by following the above steps. This is quite useful when planning your parent’s 50th anniversary party (category: GoldenAnniversary) or coordinating your companies annual picnic (category: CoPicnic).

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Words to Know

  • Category: a group of contacts in your Yahoo! Address Book. Categories let you send the same email to a group of people and let you organize information by groups.
  • Contact: a person with whom you interact; someone to whom you might want to send an email, instant message, or text message.

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Learn about categories in the Creating Groups of Contacts (Categories) tutorial.