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Opening the address book in Thunderbird

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RotoruaPete
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I am an experienced email user but this is the first time I have used Thunderbird. When I compose an email I can open the address book by using Ctrl-Shift-B and then drag the address I want into the To: field or I can start typing the name into the field. Is this the only way to use the address book? Other clients I have used you can click on the To: and then click on a name to populate the field. This seems a quicker way to do it. Am I missing something?

I am an experienced email user but this is the first time I have used Thunderbird. When I compose an email I can open the address book by using Ctrl-Shift-B and then drag the address I want into the To: field or I can start typing the name into the field. Is this the only way to use the address book? Other clients I have used you can click on the To: and then click on a name to populate the field. This seems a quicker way to do it. Am I missing something?

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In a Write window press F9 to open the Contacts Sidebar.

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christ1
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In a Write window press F9 to open the Contacts Sidebar.

RotoruaPete
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Yep! That's what I wanted. Knew it'd be simple. :-) Thanks