Address Book: Deleting 'Department' field - TOTAL NEWBIE

Hi...
I amended a card to include the Department Field via the 'add field' function. Now I can't delete it as I want to use a different field instead. Can someone please help?
Tks...

Hello s:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
I don't think I understand what you did or what you wish to do….
However, I think this article will help you:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=AddressBook/5.0/en/9163.html
Barry

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