Is Address Book Sync'ing All or Nothing?

I have contacts in Address Book in groups. I don't want all of the contacts to sync with .Mac Address Book, only certain groups. Is sync'ing all or nothing?
Thanks
Clint

Hi again Sijmons,
Your suggestion works! Actually, when you export entries from a group, AB automatically adds "CATEGORY: name of the group" to the notes section of each exported entry. After re-importing, it is then possible to search for CATEGORY: name of the group! It's a bit of a work around but it will allow me to sync all groups except the one with the .Mac address book.
In a perfect Apple world, it would be nice to be able to select specific groups to import into the .Mac AB.
Thanks again.
17" G4 iMac 1ghz/1gb, MacBook (black) 2ghz/1gb Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Forgive me if I'm going over old ground but there seem to be a number of threads to do with Address Book syncing, but I haven't managed to find a definitive answer, so here goes ...
I have an iPad [3] under iOS.5.1and an OSX.6.8 quad-core i7 iMac and I sync them via iTunes.
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