I can't find this, how to change the categories of contacts?

J0nAthAn0001 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-23-2007, 11:55 AM

I have figured out how to change quite a bit since I got my Treo a week ago, but I still can't find a solution to changing the Categories of contacts. I'm sure is a reg edit, but where and what? I mean the categories, like Friend, Family, etc. I can add them, but how to delete/modify the names. Thanks in advance, you guys here are super helpful.

**Yay 4 Juggs** · #2 (**permalink**) 03-23-2007, 02:49 PM

just select the contact...then press menu...then edit...then scroll down to where it says no category click on that will bring up business...family...etc then press new...will bring up a window allowing you to add a new category....once typed press done and whammy!!!

J0nAthAn0001 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-24-2007, 12:50 PM

right, but how do I change what the categories are. I know how to change for the individual contacts, but I want to rename the categories.

Ie - "Seasonal" to misc.
or "Business" to "Whatever" , etc, etc

**wowthatisrandom** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-24-2007, 01:21 PM

i dont think that you can change them, at least i havent figured out how. i would suggest just creating new ones

go to contact
click edit
go to categories
click on it
and chose New

**wowthatisrandom** · #5 (**permalink**) 03-24-2007, 01:21 PM

double post

J0nAthAn0001 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-24-2007, 01:38 PM

Thanks, but if you read my original post I said that I know how to add new ones, I want to know how to change the ones that palm gives you standard. I pose the question again, does anyone know a registry hack to change the names of the palm assigned categories?
Thanks

**Pibe38** · #7 (**permalink**) 03-25-2007, 01:09 AM

Palm did not create those, they are standard from Outlook and Pocket Outlook, so MS created them. I think there's no way to delete/edit them, at least I have not been able to found any.

crazie.eddie · #8 (**permalink**) 03-25-2007, 04:37 AM

Have you tried to edit them in outlook? Then sync it afterwards?

J0nAthAn0001 · #9 (**permalink**) 03-26-2007, 12:01 AM

So far no go, if its MS you would think there would be some way to change them, we can change just about everything else

crazie.eddie · #10 (**permalink**) 03-26-2007, 02:54 AM

I have MS Office XP with Outlook. I synced my contacts, including categories. You cannot change/rename a category, but you can delete and add another one. It's also allot easier to mass change contacts to a particular category. When completed, sync back up to your Treo.