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Getting Started with Contacts

Finding your way around contacts

  • : the first column, under the "New contact" button, shows the list of contacts you have access to: your default address books, personal address books as well as those that have been shared with you or you are subscribed to;

  • : The second column shows the contacts from the address book selected in the first column

    💡 The vertical alphabet on the left-hand side of the area makes it easier to navigate through contacts, and letters with contacts are highlighted in bold black for greater visibility.

  • : the third column -- the main display area -- shows the details for the contact selected in the second column.

  • : search box

Address books

Contacts are sorted by address book, organized into 2 categories:

  • personal address books:
    • My contacts: an address book you can add your personal contacts to
    • Collected contacts: a personal address book that automatically includes message recipients not present in the Directory
  • shared address books:
    • Directory: company address book
    • address books shared by other users to which you must subscribe

To subscribe to a shared address book :

  • Go to settings > Contacts > Other address books
  • Click on "Subscribe to other address books".
  • Tick the address book(s) from those suggested
  • Finally, click on "Add X address book(s)"

Contacts

To add a contact, click "New contact" in the top left corner of the page and a blank contact details page opens.

Fill in the desired fields and click "Save". The contact is created in the current address book.

To edit a contact, go to the contact details page and edit it as desired.

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If you don't have permission to edit this contact, its details are displayed but action buttons are missing.

To delete a contact, go to the contact details page and click "Delete" in the top right corner.

For more details on managing contacts, please refer to the pages on Editing contacts and Editing distribution lists.

Find out more

For further details and help, see Contacts