Handy Address Book is a Windows program that allows users to easily store contact information and send messages from the usual e-mail client; plus it has extra features, like custom printing and a connection with MS Outlook.
Handy Address Book is capable of handling different computer users, for it can create as many address books as you like. It can create multiple different address books and share them with different permission levels.
With this program you can publish the address book to a website and customize which data fields can be displayed in the list; adjust the fonts and colors, etc. This way you can publish a static copy of an address book. You can also print addresses in a detailed report format or in a booklet format.
Handy Address Book has import and export options. It includes built-in support for importing from popular programs, such as Outlook, Palm, or the Windows Address Book. Additionally, with the help of the program you can send e-mails to one or more of your addresses using Outlook or default email client.
Another great feature is the “Quick Search”: type the initial letters of the contact and the first address that matches the characters typed will be selected.
In this version there is Windows 7 support. You can also create a shared address book and it can be accessed by multiple users at the same time. It organizes addresses by assigning them to custom categories.
v6.0.0.1 [Aug 7, 2012]
- Added support for Skype. Can dial any phone number using Skype (or any program that supports the CALLTO protocol). Use "File / Options… / Modems" and select "Use CALLTO Protocol (e.g., Skype)" to enable Skype dialing. Renamed ICQ field to "Skype Name" on the "Details" page of the address editor. Skype dialing can dial any regular phone number or a Skype name.
- Updated the .NET client library for the Google Sync feature (version 2.1, was previously 1.6)
- Improved labeling of phone number fields for better clarity when printing the Booklet or Small Booklet styles with "Compact" format. Labels now include first letter of each word of the field's label. Previously only the first letter of the whole field label was used.
- Limited the maximum number of characters allowed to be typed into the phone fields to the maximum phone length
- Changed the minimum list view height to 2 rows. Previously you could re-size the list view down to height of 0 pixels, which could cause confusion.
- Bug fix: Syncing a contact to Google that only contained white space would cause an error
- Bug fix (temporary): When syncing with Google and more than 25 contacts were modified in Google, and you live in a time zone with a positive offset from UTC, the sync would fail. The temporary work-around enables up to 300 modified contacts. A permanent fix will require a future update from Google to the .NET client library.
- Corrected mailing address in online help
