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 |
Viewing Contacts by Alphabetic Group
How your contacts display within a category depends on how many contacts are in the category and the maximum number of contacts displayed per page. While a user-defined category may have 5 contacts, the Yahoo!-defined All category could have hundreds of contacts. 
Five contacts can easily display on one page, but hundreds of contacts cover many pages.
The maximum number of contacts per page and the total number of contacts to display determine how you navigate between groups:
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If the total number of contacts displayed is fewer than the maximum number of contacts per page, all contacts appear on one page. Scroll down to see more contacts.
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When the total number of contacts is greater than the number that can appear on one page, they are divided into alphabetical groups. If there are fewer than 10 groups, there's a link at the top of the page for each group. Click a group's link to see the corresponding page.
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If there are 10 or more alphabetical groups, the groups are listed on a pull-down list. Select a group from the list to see its page.
You can also click the Prev and Next links to move to the previous or next alphabetical group.
What’s Next
Within a category, you can change the contact view by sorting on last name, first name, or email address.
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.