How do I set up multiple address books

My husband and I use the same computer and want seperate address books while using the same account. How can we accomplish this?

Unfortunately, the simplest would be to have two user accounts and use fast user switching to access those accounts.
Otherwise, it appears you can go to Address Book > Preferences > Accounts and add one each for you and him.

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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">--Skeleton AB Script
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