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    KAddressBook documentation - where is it???

    I increasingly dread getting into new KDE programs, 'cause it's almost always the same story: documentation is piss poor at best. KAddressBook is a case in point.

    I need a quick addressbook / contact manager that I can dump the data out of, in text, and input to, using text files. KAddressBook has such functionality, according to the main menu functions, but I cannot find any documentation on it. How can I input addresses if I don't know what the field names are? Does anyone actually USE this program? What were the developers thinking such that they'd release it without documenting the menu option - all of them - adequately.

    So - any help out there? Anyone know of any decent documentation for this? I've Googled and not come up with much. The official documentation - http://userbase.kde.org/KAddressBook - is useful, as far as it goes, which is decidely NOT far enough.

    As it is, I cannot use this thing.

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    Re: KAddressBook documentation - where is it

    I'll agree, that quality documentation in KDE is an area that would benefit greatly from some attention. That said, often one can gain insight from doing.

    Create a contact. Complete every field on all tabs. Save, and then export to .csv and take a look at the output.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      Re: KAddressBook documentation - where is it

      Ah. So mind-bogglingly sensible (which is why it didn't occur to me, I suspect). Once again you rescue me from myself. Well...time to do it and see what happens - likely a good thing!

      Thanks!!!

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