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Here is the real Address Book Bug
Authored by: stoli on Dec 29, '05 10:41:21AM
No -- the real address book label printing bug is actually more insidious than not printing a "spouse" if the names begin with the same letter. The real bug is that a spouse's name will not be printed if it matches the first name of anyone else in your address book. Here is a simple way to reproduce:
  1. Create a new user, open their address book
  2. Create a new entry in address book Foo Bar, who lives at 123 Fake Street, Springfield MO 99999 and whose spouse is Baz.
  3. Attempt to print, note that the name should be "Foo Bar and Baz"
  4. Add a new entry in address book named "Baz Bat"
  5. Attempt to print out Foo Bar again, note that the spouse is missing!
  6. To disprove Rob's clarification, add Bill Anyname, with spouse Beth, living at 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield MO 99999
  7. Print Bill, and note that Beth does show up!


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Here is the real Address Book Bug
Authored by: DJ_Coder on Dec 29, '05 12:40:38PM

I tried and simply could not get this spuse "feature" to work. I followed your instructions, and I do not see spuse anywhere. Is this something that pops up only when looking in "print" mode?

could someone give specific directions on how to "see" the spouse feature?

Just in case I am using Address Book v4.0.3.

Thanks



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Here is the real Address Book Bug
Authored by: settlagemj on Dec 29, '05 02:03:23PM

I'm using 10.4.3 and addressbook is 4.0.3 (483). I don't have the spouse field available to add under add field or edit template. Which version has a spouse field or do I have some issue with the addressbook preferences?

Thanks!



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Here is the real Address Book Bug
Authored by: rycardo on Dec 29, '05 03:42:42PM

Hi,

I'm using 3.x of Address Book. Highlight an Address Book entry. Then click Card->Add Field->Related Names. Now in your Address Book entry, change Friend to spouse (or any other label).

Hope this helps (in getting the spouse field),

Rycardo



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Here is the real Address Book Bug
Authored by: stoli on Dec 29, '05 06:41:08PM
To avoid issues where you may have changed the default template without realizing it, follow these steps in Address Book Version 4.0.3 (483) to get the spouse field:
  1. Open up address book
  2. Add a new entry
  3. Select "spouse" from the popup menu that by default should say "friend"
These steps work for me, and I am pretty sure I did not change the templates.

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Here is the real Address Book Bug
Authored by: stoli on Dec 29, '05 07:15:05PM

Sorry, I meant to add that you should perform these steps on a brand new user's address book. That way you are sure that the default template has not been changed.



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Here is the real Address Book Bug
Authored by: robg on Dec 29, '05 10:12:16PM

OK, now I'm confused ... I can't even get this morning's results to replicate, and I know the "A - A" thing was causing issues then.

Sigh. Suffice it to say, there are glitches in AB printing...

-rob.



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