Share only part of address book

thank you for readig this.
Is there a way to share only part of an addressbook? I don't want to share every entry with my kids -- figure, there are things in it i don't want to share and there are A LOT of entries they really could care less about.
Thanks for your help.

Does it matter if the kids are on a different
computer with their own addressbook and userid? or
is sharing addressbook an all or none thing?
Hi helicopter,
If I understand your question, the only way your kids would get your AB list on a different computer is if you have a .mac account and were syncing with that computer. Of course if you have a .mac account you can place files (and maybe a AB group, I haven't tried that) in your Drop Box folder for them to access.
Hard Drive>Users>"Home">Public>Drop Box
And yes, I think it is an "all or nothing" share from Preferences.
Good Luck,
John

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