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Can I customize the layout, styling and content of Profile forms and screens?

Yes. You can create customized versions of the templates used for by Profiles to view, edit, search and display listings. You can create a customized set of templates to be used for ALL profiles - AND you can customize a template to be used only for a specific Profile.
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How do I use the Batch Update via Profile option?

There is an example of how to use this here: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Batch+Update+via+Profile

How do I use the "Include Nickname" feature for Profile searches?

Use Contact -> Sort Name for your individual and / or organization name search field. Make sure that Include Nickname option from Administer CiviCRM » Global Settings » Miscellaneous Settings - Contact Search is set. Then nicknames are automatically included when users search by Name.

How Can I Use a Profile to Control Search Result Columns

Advanced Search allows you to select a Profile to define the columns you want to see in your search results listings. In order to use this feature:

Create a Profile and mark it as Used For - Search Results in the Profile Settings.
Add the fields you want displayed as columns in your results - make sure each field has Public User Pages visibility and that Results Column? is checked.
Select that Profile in the Search Views drop-down (upper-right hand side of Advanced Search form) and do your search. You should see your configured columns in the results.

You can also "force" the basic search screen (as well as advanced search) to use one of your Search Results profiles "automatically" by including the profile ID in the URL when you load the screen. For example, you've created a Search Results Profile which lists sort name, phone number, city, and birth date. You've noted that the ID of the profile is 6 (this is shown in the admin's listing of profiles). You can create a navigation link to a basic search which uses this profile as follows:

http://yoursite.org/civicrm/contact/search?id=6&reset=1

Your best source of up-to-date information and answers to questions is the CiviCRM Community Forums and Developers Mailing List and Archive.

You can search for "Profiles" in the Community Forums or the Developers Mailing List Archive*.

You can register as a forum user, report bugs, share stories and see roadmaps of upcoming releases on the
CiviCRM Participate page.