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Contacts

Your Contact List

The list of your contacts appears in the Cisco Jabber main window. Use the contact list to check the availability of your contacts and to initiate calls or chat sessions.

Add New Contact

You can add contacts from your internal corporate directory.

Procedure
    Step 1   In the Cisco Jabber main window, in the Search field, enter a name.

    OR

    In the Cisco Jabber main window, click File > New > Contact, and then enter a name in the Search field.

    Tip    Click the X in the Search field to clear the contents of the Search field.
    Step 2   In the list of search results, click the contact that you require.
    Step 3   Choose an existing group to which you want to add your new contact, and then click Add.

    OR

    Click New group, type a name for your new group, and then click Create.

    Step 4   Click Add.

    Hide or Show Contact Pictures

    If your contact list is long, you can toggle pictures off to save space. This is a global setting. If you choose not to show pictures in your contact list, they do not appear anywhere.

    Procedure
    Click View > Show contact pictures.

    A check mark indicates that picture display is turned on.


    Hide or Show Offline Contacts

    If your contact list is long, you can save space by hiding contacts who are not currently online.

    Procedure
    Click View > Show offline contacts.

    A check mark indicates that Jabber is set to show your offline contacts.


    Delete Contact

    You can remove contacts from your contact list.

    Procedure
      Step 1   Right-click the contact and choose Remove.
      Step 2   On the confirmation dialog box, click Remove.

      Create Group

      You can create groups to better organize your contacts. You can also assign groups when you create or add contacts. Groups appear alphabetically in your contact list.

      Procedure
        Step 1   Choose File > New Group.
        Step 2   Enter a name in the Group name field.
        Step 3   Click Create to add the group name to the contact list.
        Step 4   Drag your contacts into the group.
        Related Tasks
        Add New Contact

        Delete Group

        You can delete a group and all of the contacts assigned to that group. Before you delete a group, move contacts that you want to keep to another group.

        Procedure
          Step 1   Right-click the group and choose Remove.
          Step 2   On the confirmation dialog box, click Remove.
          Related Tasks
          Move contact to another group
          Contacts

          Contacts

          Your Contact List

          The list of your contacts appears in the Cisco Jabber main window. Use the contact list to check the availability of your contacts and to initiate calls or chat sessions.

          Add New Contact

          You can add contacts from your internal corporate directory.

          Procedure
            Step 1   In the Cisco Jabber main window, in the Search field, enter a name.

            OR

            In the Cisco Jabber main window, click File > New > Contact, and then enter a name in the Search field.

            Tip    Click the X in the Search field to clear the contents of the Search field.
            Step 2   In the list of search results, click the contact that you require.
            Step 3   Choose an existing group to which you want to add your new contact, and then click Add.

            OR

            Click New group, type a name for your new group, and then click Create.

            Step 4   Click Add.

            Hide or Show Contact Pictures

            If your contact list is long, you can toggle pictures off to save space. This is a global setting. If you choose not to show pictures in your contact list, they do not appear anywhere.

            Procedure
            Click View > Show contact pictures.

            A check mark indicates that picture display is turned on.


            Hide or Show Offline Contacts

            If your contact list is long, you can save space by hiding contacts who are not currently online.

            Procedure
            Click View > Show offline contacts.

            A check mark indicates that Jabber is set to show your offline contacts.


            Delete Contact

            You can remove contacts from your contact list.

            Procedure
              Step 1   Right-click the contact and choose Remove.
              Step 2   On the confirmation dialog box, click Remove.

              Create Group

              You can create groups to better organize your contacts. You can also assign groups when you create or add contacts. Groups appear alphabetically in your contact list.

              Procedure
                Step 1   Choose File > New Group.
                Step 2   Enter a name in the Group name field.
                Step 3   Click Create to add the group name to the contact list.
                Step 4   Drag your contacts into the group.
                Related Tasks

                Delete Group

                You can delete a group and all of the contacts assigned to that group. Before you delete a group, move contacts that you want to keep to another group.

                Procedure
                  Step 1   Right-click the group and choose Remove.
                  Step 2   On the confirmation dialog box, click Remove.
                  Related Tasks