Google__ The Missing Manual - Kevin Purdy [16]
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To double-check who’s included in the currently selected batch of people, click the Selected header near the top of the Circles page. It’s smart to do this just to make extra sure you haven’t accidentally included Grandma in the group of people you plan to add to your Scandanavian Death Metal Fans circle. If someone you don’t want is part of the selected group, simply click her name box to exclude her.
Once you’ve got several people selected, click one of the blue, selected boxes and drag it toward a circle. That box and all the other selected ones will collapse into a cute little paper-clipped pile of people, with the total number shown on a folder-style label. (Wouldn’t it be easy to plan movie night if people really lined up like this?) When you let go of your mouse, Google+ adds all those folks to the circle you selected.
If you don’t see anyone listed on the Circles page, type a name into the Search Google+ box at the top of the page. If the person you’re looking for appears in the drop-down list, simply drag her name from that list onto the appropriate circle at the bottom of the page.
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The Search Google+ box is also handy for sorting through your contacts if you have a ton of ’em. So rather than scrolling up and down on the Circles page to find someone in the list of people boxes, just type his name in the box and, when he appears in the drop-down list below the box, drag him into a circle.
Creating Circles
IF THE FRIENDS, FAMILY, Acquaintances, and Following circles that come with Google+ don’t match the way you’d like to organize the people you know, no problem. You can create your own circles using any of these methods:
On someone’s profile page, put your cursor over the red “Add to circles” button and then click the “Create new circle” link that appears. Google+ displays a text box so you can name your new circle. Type a name and then click Create to add that person to that circle.
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If person whose profile page you’re viewing is already in one of your circles, you won’t see the “Add to circles” button. In its place, you’ll see a green button labeled with the name of the circle you put her in or, if she’s in more than one of your circles, the green button will say “2 circles” (or “3 circles,” or whatever). No matter what the button looks like, pointing your cursor at it will display the list shown in the previous illustration, with checkmarks next to the circles she’s in.
On the Circles page, you have two ways to create a new circle:
Drag a person’s name box onto the circle that’s labeled “Drop contacts here to create a new circle” (you can also select several name boxes and drag one of them onto the “Drop contacts here” circle to add them all in one fell swoop). That person (or those people) will orbit inside the in-progress circle until you click the “Create circle” link inside it. (If you change your mind and decide not to create the circle, or start over, click the Clear link instead.) When you click “Create circle,” you’ll see a new window pop out, where you can name the circle, give it a description (mostly so you can remember the reason for its existence), and add many more people quickly by searching them out.
Click the circle labeled “Drop contacts here to create a new circle” (it changes to display a “Create circle” link). Google+ displays a dialog box where you can type a name for the circle and a description, and add people. To add someone, click the “Add a new person” box and then start typing a name; when the person you want appears in the list of suggestions, click her name to put her in this circle. Once you’ve added