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The vCard, or virtual business card, is an electronic business

card.  It provides a standard format allowing the exchange of

contact information over the internet without having to manually

enter business card information.  vCards include information

such as name, address, telephone number and e-mail addresses and

URLs.  They can also have graphics and multimedia including

photographs, company logos, audio clips such as for name

pronunciation.  Geographic and time zone information in vCards

can also be included to let others know when to contact you. 

vCards can support multiple languages.

One of the most popular uses of vCards are as attachments in

e-mail messages.  Since the vCard is not a signature file that

is put into the message of the e-mail, the information can

automatically be recorded into most contact managers and e-mail

software.  It can be used with many programs including Microsoft

Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, and On-Line Agent

(also referred to as RE/MAX Agent 2000 and AgentOffice 4.5),

just to mention a few.

vCards can not only be used to record contact information of 

business contacts, friends and family, but, can also be used to

store information about prospects and clients.  Because vCards

are compatible with most e-mail clients, you can save a contact

in vCard format. 

There are different ways of saving vCards. Some programs

automatically import the vCard, others let you drag and drop the

vCard icon directly into the address book. Some require that you

save the vCard to disk and then import it to the program.  If

your computer doesn't know what to do with the vCard, you may

need to set it to automatically save .vcf files with the address

book of choice. See your system's help pages on associating file

types with programs.

As you'll quickly discover, the major advantage of using vCards

is the significant amount of time that is saved by eliminating

the need to type contact information into contact managers and

address books.  Other advantages of vCards are that since they

are text files, they cannot transmit a computer virus in an

"infectious" form, and their file size is very small.

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