Changin multiple records simultaneously in Tiger Address Book

I have Address Book 405 (the latest for 10.4.10).
Is there an easy way, plugin, script that will allow me to change the same field in every record to have the same value?
For example, suppose I have every record's country to 'USA' and want to change all of them to the same thing, 'United States of America', or replace all instances of a telephone area code with another - but only in all records' 'home' telephone field; (how) can I do that?
Thanks!
G5 DP 2 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10) No Haxies; permissions frequently repaired etc

You do a bit of simple (relatively) AppleScripting. By way of example, if you run this script in Script Editor it will list in the Result pane all your contacts where the phone label is "mobile". It could just as simply modify the value of all matching phones:
set OldValue to value of ThisPhone
set OldValue to ...commands to to whatever editing you want
set value of ThisPhone to OldValue
but note that Address Book does not recognise sub-fields (eg area code) on the phone value.
See this thread for an example of a script that actually changes phone numbers.
AK
click here to open this script in your editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">tell application "Address Book"
set TheList to ""
repeat with ThisPerson in people
repeat with ThisPhone in every phone of ThisPerson
if label of ThisPhone is "mobile" then
set TheList to TheList & name of ThisPerson & " " & value of ThisPhone & return
end if
end repeat
end repeat
TheList
end tell</pre>

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*See emphasis below* -
Importing and exporting vCards
A vCard, or "virtual address card," is a standard method of exchanging data between applications. Address Book can create and read vCards, so if you have another application that also works with the vCard format, you can import or export addresses as vCards.
Also, you can send your own card to other people in vCard format. They can use the vCard to add your information to their address books.
You can also use vCards to add addresses to the Contacts list on your iPod.
To create a vCard, drag an address card out of the Address Book window.
To add someone else's vCard to your address book, drag it into the Address Book window.
To create a single vCard with multiple entries, drag more than one card out of the Address Book window.
To create multiple vCards at the same time, hold the Option key when dragging multiple cards out of the Address Book window.
You can also work with vCards using commands in the File menu.
Address Book also supports Lightweight Directory Interchange Format (LDIF). LDIF is an ASCII file format used to exchange information and enable synchronization of that information between Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) servers. You can't export information from Address Book in LDIF format; you can only import it. Address Book can import and export vCards.
To determine the format of a document, select the document and choose File > Get Info. The format, or kind of document, is listed at the top.
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