Copy a formatted address from Address Book

Oct 16, '09 07:30:04AM

Contributed by: kd4ttc

Address Book is a great app, and it is nice when applications use the Address Book database to create formatted addresses in form letters. However, sometimes you are just writing one letter, and you want to paste the name and address from the Address Book into your document -- such as when typing the inside address on business correspondence, or making a single envelope. I used to go to the address card entry in Address Book and click-drag to select, then copy, then paste into the document, and finally edit it so that it was correct. There is a much easier way!

Just go to the address that you want and either click on the tag that describes the type of address (like Home or Work), or Control-click on the address or tag, and from the pop-up menu select Copy Mailing Label. Then go to wherever you need the text and just paste. You will get the address formatted correctly, with the person's name, company, street, and city-state-zip on separate lines.

This option is in a pop-up menu, in a logical and intuitive place, but discovery of the feature may have eluded some -- as it did me until I looked for a better way.

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