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# Changing the fields displayed on new contact cards

The card template lets you specify which fields appear on the new card when you add a new contact to your address book. You can add or delete information fields on the template, and change the order in which the fields appear. For example, you might want to display a home phone number first and then a work phone number.

## To edit the card template:

1. Choose Address Book > Preferences and click Template.
2. Click field labels to change which fields appear or to change their order. To create your own label, choose Custom from the field label pop-up menu.
3. Click the Add (+) button to add a field, or the Delete (-) button to remove a field.

Changes that you make to the order of fields in the template also change the order in which the fields appear on existing cards.

You can also add fields using the Add Field pop-up menu at the top of the window:

- Phonetic First/Last Name

- Prefix

- Middle Name

- Suffix

- Nickname

- Job TItle

- Department

- Maiden Name

- Phone

- Email

- Home Page

- Birthday

- Dates

- Related Names

- Instant Messaging

- Address

Some items can be removed from the template using the Add Field pop-up menu. If an item in the menu has a check mark, choose that item to remove it from the template.

Items in the Add Field pop-up menu are dimmed if you already have that field in your template. The default label for the Date field is "anniversary."

Changing labels in the template does not affect existing cards. To change the labels for an existing card, edit the card directly.

## See also

setting up

Using custom labels