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How can I search in all address books at once?

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TomWilliamsJr
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I have established well over a hundred address books. How can I do a global search in all address books at the same time?

I have established well over a hundred address books. How can I do a global search in all address books at the same time?

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Searching multiple address books can be done with this add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/contact-tabs/

You could also create a new address book for search purposes and copy the contacts from the other books by drag and drop, while holding the Ctrl key.

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Searching multiple address books can be done with this add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/contact-tabs/

You could also create a new address book for search purposes and copy the contacts from the other books by drag and drop, while holding the Ctrl key.