10. A method for operating a personal digital assistant having an input means, a file storage means, a data base, a search engine means, a display means, and an electronic communications means, comprising the steps of: storing in the data base one or more records, each of the records comprising identification information identifying a party and communication information required for communicating with the party through a communication link; in response to an input from a user, selecting one of a plurality of directories, each of said directories comprising one or more entries and being related to a respective type of communication, each of said one or more entries corresponding to a respective one of said records; inputting a message into the personal digital assistant through the input means; and in response to a selection by the user, associating the inputted message with a selected one of the entries of the selected directory, wherein the communication information of the record corresponding to the selected entry is assigned to the inputted message for subsequently communicating to a party the inputted message using the type of communication corresponding to the selected directory, said party being identified by the identification information of the record corresponding to the selected entry.
10. A method for operating a personal digital assistant having an input means, a file storage means, a data base, a search engine means, a display means, and an electronic communications means, comprising the steps of: storing in the data base one or more records, each of the records comprising identification information identifying a party and communication information required for communicating with the party through a communication link; in response to an input from a user, selecting one of a plurality of directories, each of said directories comprising one or more entries and being related to a respective type of communication, each of said one or more entries corresponding to a respective one of said records; inputting a message into the personal digital assistant through the input means; and in response to a selection by the user, associating the inputted message with a selected one of the entries of the selected directory, wherein the communication information of the record corresponding to the selected entry is assigned to the inputted message for subsequently communicating to a party the inputted message using the type of communication corresponding to the selected directory, said party being identified by the identification information of the record corresponding to the selected entry. 14. A method as described in claim 10, wherein the respective type of communication includes at least one of a telephony communication, a facsimile communication, an E-mail communication, a paging communication, and an Internet communication.