> I know my heading is confusing. But my question may be more so. Here's
> what
> I want to have happen - is it possible?
>
> I work in the medical profession and my contacts list consists mostly of
> doctors. I add 5-10 doctors per day to contacts, sometimes quite a few
> more
> than that. I have created a custom category "Medical Providers" to help
> sort
> them. I will admit up front that I am lazy, and I want to skip selecting
> the
> category for these patients. The company name for a doctor will always
> contain the doctor's degree, i.e. Joe Smith MD or Jim Jones DC or
> whatever.
> I would like to create a rule in which the entry of the letters MD, DC, or
> DO
> in the company field causes the category to automatically select "Medical
> Providers".
>
> Barring this truly lazy-man's option, I would be okay if Medical Providers
> were a "default" category which appears on every contact initially, as
> these
> are the bulk of my contacts entries. Then I would only have to change a
> few
> entries per week.
>
> I hope this (admittedly wordy) question makes sense. Let me know if there
> is a solution. Thanks!