First, we have to explain why the Yahoo! Encoding Wizard was created.

To take advantage of new technologies, we've recently changed the way we store information in your Yahoo! Address Book. These changes will make it much easier for you to add and edit contacts. However, it also may affect how the current information in your Address Book looks. In some cases, it may even make contact information completely illegible.

Hence, the Yahoo! Encoding Wizard is handy new tool that, step-by-step, walks you through how to fix problems and get your contact info readable again. If you're finding contact information is garbled, feel free to use the Yahoo! Encoding Wizard.