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Search for Existing Contacts

You can search for contacts by contact name or by letters of the alphabet and view the contact details in the address book.

From the Search Results page you can:

To Search for Contacts by Name

  1. Choose the address book from the Search panel drop-down menu.
  2. Enter the full or partial display name of the contact. The display name can include alphabetic, numeric, and wildcard characters.
  3. Click Search. All contacts in the address book satisfying the search criteria are displayed in the Search Results page.
  4. Select contacts from the list displayed.
  5. Click Next or Previous to look at another set of contacts.
  6. The contacts you previously selected are added to the Selected Cards list.


    Note

    The Selected Cards section appears only when you click Next or Previous, or when you search for contacts in another address book after you select contacts from the list displayed.


From the Search Results page, you can do the following:

To Search for Contacts by a Letter of the Alphabet:

  1. Choose the address book from the Current Address Book drop-down menu.
  2. Click the linked character that represents the first letter of the contact’s display name, or click All to view all contacts in the address book.
  3. Contacts satisfying the query are displayed.

  4. Click Next or Previous to look at another set of contacts.

  5. Note

    To sort contacts by a specific field, click the column title for the field. For example, to display primary email addresses in alphabetical order, click the triangular icon in that column’s heading.


Add Contacts to Personal Address Book from Corporate Directory

You can add contacts from the list of contacts that appear in the corporate directory to your personal address book.


Note

The Add Contacts to Personal Address Book button is not displayed when you view the Personal Address Book.


To Add Contacts to Personal Address Book from the Corporate Directory

  1. Select the contacts from the Address Book page of the corporate directory.
  2. Click Add To Personal Address Book.
  3. When a message confirming the addition is displayed, click OK to add the contacts to your Personal Address Book.

Send Emails to Contacts or Groups

You can send email messages to contacts or groups from the Search Results page.

To Send Email Messages

  1. Select the contacts and groups from the list displayed.
  2. Select Send Email from the Select action drop-down menu.

  3. Note

    If the Mail application is not deployed, the Send Email option displays the default mail application in the action drop-down menu.


  4. Compose the message in the New Message page and click Send.

View the Contact’s or Group’s Calendar

From the Search Results page you can view the calendar of a contact or group.

To View a Contact’s or Group’s Calendar

  1. Select a contact or group from the list displayed.
  2. Select View Calendar from the Select action drop-down menu or click the calendar icon icon.

  3. Note

    If the Calendar application is not deployed, “View Calendar” option is not available in the action drop-down menu.


  4. Depending on the selection, the contact’s default calendar or a comparative view of the group’s calendar is displayed.

Add Contacts to Personal Address Book

You can add contacts to the address book by:


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