Chapter 4. Contacts module

Table of Contents

4.1 Overview
4.2 What you should know
4.2.1 What is the purpose of the Contacts module?
4.2.2 What should I know about contacts?
4.2.3 What is the purpose of the contact folders?
4.3 The Contacts module interface
4.3.1 The Contacts panel
4.3.2 The contacts overview window
4.4 Viewing contacts
4.4.1 Displaying the phone list
4.4.2 Displaying address cards
4.4.3 Filtering contacts
4.4.4 Displaying the Detail view
4.4.5 Displaying hovers
4.4.6 Opening or saving attachments
4.5 Creating contacts
4.5.1 Adding categories
4.5.2 Marking a contact as private
4.5.3 Adding a picture
4.5.4 Adding attachments
4.5.5 Creating a contact from a vCard attachment
4.6 Creating distribution lists
4.6.1 Adding contacts from an address book
4.6.2 Adding contacts as customized entries
4.6.3 Deleting contacts from the distribution list
4.7 Managing contacts
4.7.1 Searching for contacts
4.7.2 Editing contacts
4.7.3 Printing contacts
4.7.4 Copying contacts
4.7.5 Duplicating contacts
4.7.6 Moving contacts
4.7.7 Marking contacts with categories
4.7.8 Marking contacts with flags
4.7.9 Sending contacts as a vCard attachment
4.7.10 Exporting contacts
4.7.11 Deleting contacts

4.1. Overview

To open the Contacts module use one of the following methods:

Click the Contacts icon in the title bar .

Click the Contacts folder or another contact folder in the complete folder tree.

The Contacts module:

The Contacts module, settings Compact panel:

The module contains the following elements:

No.

Element

Function

1

Search input field

Search for contacts using the name, E-Mail, company, department, address, categories

2

Panel

Contains the functions available in the Contacts module, please refer to 4.3.1: The Contacts panel.

3

Folder trees

Displays the contact folders, please refer to 4.2.3: What is the purpose of the contact folders?.

4

Overview window

Displays the content of the selected contacts folder, please refer to 4.3.2: The contacts overview window.