Use contact categories to group contacts and filter or organize screens, reports, labels, and letters in Practice CS. You can assign an unlimited number of categories to any contact type.
Contact categories let you group contacts so you can filter and organize screens, reports, labels, and letters.
You can assign contact categories to any contact type, including Firm, Office, Staff, Client, and Standalone contacts, and you can assign an unlimited number of categories to each contact.
note
For former CSP users:
Contact Categories in Practice CS is the equivalent of Selection Codes in Practice Solution.
Set up a contact category
Go to
Setup
Groupings
Contact Categories
.
Select
Add
.
Enter an
ID
of up to 11 alphanumeric characters.
Enter a
Description
of up to 30 characters.
Select
Enter
to save the new contact category.
Add a contact category to a contact
Open a contact using 1 of the following methods:
Select the
Contact
tab in Firm Setup, Office Setup, Staff Setup, or Client Setup.
Go to
Actions
Manage Clients
, select the
Contacts
tab, right-click a contact, and select
Edit Contact
.
Select the
More
button at the end of the
Categories
field.
Select the categories you want to assign by moving them from the left pane to the right pane using the
Select
button.
Select
OK
.
The assigned contact categories appear in the
Categories
field on the
Contact
screen.
Using contact categories
Use contact categories to group and filter any screen, report, label, or letter that supports grouping or filtering by contact. You can also use contact categories to filter client letters.