Janet,
Microsoft Works has an easy-to-use database function that would do exactly
what you want. You can customize your input/output as you wish. You can also
create 'reports' which contain only 'selected' fields of your input
information. Many new computer systems come with MSWorks pre-installed.
Check it out.
Paul Gene

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet Adams" Subject: [PCSOFT] Program to Organize Ph. #s &
Addressed, etc.


>    My friend and I are both looking for a program (hopefully freeware!)
that we can use to input the phone #s and addresses of family & friends, as
well as birthdays, other comments as well. It would contain all the stuff
that you have in the personal phone book that you keep by the phone. But we
find that as addresses & ph. #s change, the book gets sloppy looking and
pretty soon it sprouts scraps of paper & post-its with phone #s, etc that
need to be added or changed. In order to keep up, you have to keep getting
new filler pages & writing it all over again, with new info.  If there were
a program that we could input the info, then go back and change, have a
printed copy that would fit in an oranizer type of ph & address book. Maybe
it would even keep track of email addresses too.
>
>    Maybe even something we could customize the sort options... to sort a
list of names with just birthdays, or names & phone numbers, or all the
info. It seems like these companies that make these handy zippered personal
organizers would have programs available to do this. The Outlook email
address book with all the other info is fine for online, but it won't print
everything you want and it definitely won't sort and only print some of the
stuff we want.
>
>    My friend has Windows 98 with Yahoo mail and Outlook. I have Windows
2000 with Yahoo & Outlook. We both have plenty of memory to utilize a
program like this, but can't find one this flexible. We may not be able to
find a program with everything we want it to do, but does anyone know of a
program that comes close?  Thank you in advance,  Janet Adams
>
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