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# Creating a group of contacts

You can create a group to organize your contacts by categories, such as family or friends, or to easily send email to several people at once.

1. In Address Book, choose View > "Card and Columns."
2. Choose File > New Group and enter a name for the new group in the Group column. You can also click the Add (+) button at the bottom of the Group column.
3. To add a person to the group, drag the person's name from the Name column to the group name.
4. To remove a person, select the person's name and choose Edit > Remove From Group. You can choose to remove the person from the group or remove the person from Address Book.

You can also create a group by selecting multiple contacts, then choosing File > New Group From Selection. You can include one group in another group address by dragging the group to the other group name.

You can also create a Smart Group that automatically adds or deletes names to a group, according to search rules that you define. Click the link below to learn how to create Smart Groups.

Tip: To quickly find specific groups of people, add a keyword to the Note field on each contact's card, then use the search field to locate all the cards with that text in the Note field.

If group members have multiple email addresses, you can choose which address you want to use when sending mail to the group. Select the group, then choose Edit > Edit Distribution List. Select which of the members' addresses you want to use.

## See also

Creating Smart Groups