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Contact type
attribute of the 
CatalogRef.ContactTypes
type, 
that will keep the information about the type of the contact. Then add at 
least one more attribute that will store the value of that contact, and 
name it 
Contact value
. In other words, to store a person's address, you 
will have to select the 
Address
as the type of the contact, and then input 
the actual address in 
Contact value
attribute.
At this point, consider one more thing. Once you will need to keep more 
than one contact, if you will store them in the same way as described 
above, you will have to add as many pairs of 
Contact type
/
Contact value
attributes as you need to keep a required variety of contacts. But it breaks 
down the efficiency of the storage since every person will have own pairs of 
data. Furthermore, every time a new type of contact appears, you will be 
required to add a new pair of attributes. This procedure have to be 
repeated each time a new piece of information occur.
Fortunately, there is no need to do that. It is clear that every person has an 
own set of contact information. 1C:Enterprise 8 solves this problem by 
allowing you to create tables for each catalog item. 
Add the 
Contacts
tabular section for 
People
catalog. Click 
Add tabular 
section
, and then name the table 
Contacts
. 

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Figure 4-27. Adding the Contacts tabular section 
Return to the 
People
catalog editor, click on the 
Contacts
tabular section, 
and add a new attribute to that tabular section by clicking