MERGE or COMBINE my numbers in Address Book?

How do I merge or combine my numbers in the Address Book with the numbers on my phone? My iBook is connected to my cell phone and the sync process is hapening....but I can only get the numbers from my phone onto the computer. What I want to do is send all the info. from the iBook to the phone and combine the two lists?

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Launch iSync, open the Preferences… dialog and choose the option to Reset Sync History. You will be given the choice to Replace the data on or Merge to the dat with your mobile handset when you next synchronize: you should choose replace.

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