Answers.Body: <p>You can use Entity templates extension</p>
  <p><a href="https://civicrm.org/extensions/entity-templates" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://civicrm.org/extensions/entity-templates</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks! This extensions is good, but not exactly what we need. Anyway, we'll give a try.
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Body: <p>it is not rare that a new contact has the same informations as an existing contact except the name. So it would be great to easy copy a contact and then only change the name. That seems not to be possible in Civi. Does anybody has an idea for an work-around?</p>
  <p>Thanks and kind regards,
  Regina</p>
  
Tags: <contacts>
Title: How to copy a contact
ThreadText: # How to copy a contact
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-04-11)
  
  it is not rare that a new contact has the same informations as an existing contact except the name. So it would be great to easy copy a contact and then only change the name. That seems not to be possible in Civi. Does anybody has an idea for an work-around?
  
  Thanks and kind regards,
  username_0
  
  **Tags:** contacts
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-04-11. Score: 0
  
  You can use Entity templates extension
  
  <https://civicrm.org/extensions/entity-templates>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks! This extensions is good, but not exactly what we need. Anyway, we'll give a try.  
  
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