Using contacts, Managing contacts – CounterPath X-Lite 3.0 User Guide User Manual
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Using Contacts
Managing Contacts
Adding, Deleting or Renaming Groups
Click the Contacts menu and select Manage Groups. The Manage Groups dialog will appear.
• To create a new group, click New Group, type a name, then press Enter.
• To delete a group, highlight the group and select Remove. X-Lite moves contacts that were in that group
to a catch-all “No Group” group.
• To rename a group, highlight the group and select Edit. Type the new name and press Enter.
Adding a Contact
Click the Contacts menu and select Add Contact. The Contact Properties dialog box appears (see below).
Finding a Contact
If the Contacts list is long, use the
field to filter for the desired contact. To clear the filter and re-display all
contacts, clear the
field.
Changing Contact Information
To change information for a contact, right-click the contact and select Edit. The Contact Properties dialog box
will appear (see below). Changes that users can make to contact information include:
• Any contact details.
• Adding, deleting or changing one or more contact methods.
• Switching the primary contact method.
• Moving a contact to a different.
• Adding an existing contact to additional groups by selecting one or more extra groups.
• Changing the Show this contact’s Availability checkbox to enable or disable availability information for
the contact. For information about Availability, see
Moving or Deleting a Contact
• To move a contact to a different group, select the contact and drag it to the desired group’s name.
• To delete a contact, right-click the contact and select Delete. X-Lite removes the contact from the group.
Call a contact
To use the person’s primary number, double-click or drag the contact to
the Call display.
To choose a specific number to use, right-click the contact and select
Call, then click the desired number.
E-mail a contact for whom the
user has designated a valid
email address
Right-click and select Send E-mail.
Send an IM to a contact who
has a SIP address
Right-click and select Instant Message.
Watch the availability of a
contact who has a SIP address
See Table 2 on
for definitions of the availability icons.
See “Availability” on
for information about obtaining
availability information for remote parties.