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Organizing Contacts

This is a dumb nit-picky question, but how do you organize your contacts in your phone (or where ever you keep them)? I had it set up so that couples would be stored together as one contact, but it was a little confusing when I'd communicate with both people and I had multiple email addresses for each, plus phone numbers, etc. So do you store each person individually?
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Re: Organizing Contacts

  • I store each person individually. I do however have them listed by first and last names. I have probably 5 Jen's in my phone. Smile
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  • This might sound funny, but I use the knot guest list organizer.  Most of the people that matter the most I still have all of their information on there.  I guess I should come up with a book or other system in case they delete my contacts.  But I don't have many and it's easier that way.
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  • I have each person separately in my phone.

    If I'm organizing something, I normally contact the girl anyway.

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  • I also have each person stored individually.
  • I definitely store people individually.  I can't imagine what a pain it would be to store people as couples when it comes to emails and cell phone numbers.

    For a home number I just think about who I'm most likely to call on the home phone (ie, the couple we're closest with - I don't call him to chat, I call her to chat, so I put their home number under her name).

  • I got a new phone and somehow in copying over my contacts I have about 4 copies of each contact, not all with complete info. So I figured I would take this chance to reorganize. I guess individual is the way to go! Thanks!
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  • I store people individually and also use Outlook categories with something bordering on obsessive compulsive. ;)
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  • Yes, I have them all listed individually and I store everyone (even family) by first and last names. Just to make it simpler all around.
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  • In the case of couples with a home number, I save the cell phones under "wife's cell" and the home number under "husband and wife home". I also have several entries for some people (my sister, DH) so I can use the speed dial option.
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  • I have every contact saved individually, because I don't like having to click on the name and then pick which number I want.  I want them all to come up as I scroll through.  In order to keep couples (and families) together I put the last name first.

    So using my In-Laws as and example this is what my contact list looks like:

    LastName- BIL Cell

    LastName- SIL Cell

    Last Hame-  BIL&SIL Home

    LastName- MIL

    LastName- FIL

    I also keep all of our Drs numbers and grouped together in the same way:

    DR- Name- Eye

    DR- Name- Ear

    DR- Pame- PCP

    Dr- Name- PT

    For names I want to keep at the top of the list for easy access I use a number:

    1. Home

    2. DH Cell

    3. Mom Cell

    4. Pizza

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