Repeat data in address book notes field

I have certain address book cards that have up to 50 duplicate entries in the notes fields. I read an archived post that had this as the beginning of how to troubleshoot the problem.
It would be interesting to see whether it is storing it duplicated, or merely displaying it duplicated. Run script editor, and paste in this:
tell application "Address Book"
note of person "Joe Smith"
end tell
Change the Joe Smith to one of people whose cards exhibitit the problem, run the script, and tell us if the duplication shows.
AK
I followed this instruction and it only showed the data once, so I assume that means it's "merely displaying it duplicated." Does anyone know how to get rid of this repeat data once and for all?
Thanks

Hi Bruce,
I was at the Apple Store in Bridgewater, NJ yesterday. Of course the genius manager knew the answer in a New York second! I felt so stupid!
Just go to the preferences of Address Book - click "Vcard" at the top and check the "export notes" pref.
How could we NOT know that!! Nothing like the "genius's" at Apple!
Larry

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