5. Working with Phone, URL, IM, and Address Fields and Lists in Contacts

This chapter shows you how to use the Contacts library and how to enter data in address, email, and URL lists.

Exploring the Contacts Library

One of the libraries that comes with Bento is the Contacts library. It lets you store contact information such as names, addresses (physical, email, and instant messaging, or IM), birthdays, and job information. As shipped, it provides a powerful personal contacts database, and as you see in this chapter, much of its functionality is provided by standard Bento data and interface elements that you can easily use in other contexts.

Bento, of course, also ships with a library that is integrated with your Mac OS X Address Book application. ...

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