From: MikeH on
Thanks for experimenting. I had precisely the same need for some comunity and
political activities, to assign lists of names that I import from to a
category like State Legislators.

"dprawel" wrote:

> Thanks. This is what I had been trying but you inspired me to dig deeper. It
> turns out unfortunately that selecting all of them and then checking the box
> does not change any of them, for some reason. The box appears checked when
> you look again, but if you look at the address card, there is no category
> listed. However, if you type the name of a category that is already defined
> in the master category list into the "Item(s) belong to these Categories",
> they all get assigned this category. You can also right click on any of the
> selected contacts and select Categories to get same. Thank you.
> David
>
> "ProfDD" wrote:
>
> > To set a group of contacts to a category:
> > 1. Highlight all of the contacts who you want to be in the category.
> > (Easiest way is to create a view that has all of and only them.)
> > 2. Edit, Categories, then either
> > a. type in the category name or
> > b. add the category to the master list and check it.
> >
> >