2 managing contacts and groups, Managing contacts and groups, Adding a contact – CounterPath Bria 3.1 for Windows User Guide - Retail Deployments User Manual

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5.2 Managing Contacts and Groups

The following information does not apply if you are using your Microsoft® Outlook® address book from
within Bria. Instead, read “Managing Contacts when Using Outlook” on page 38.

Adding a Contact

Click

, or right-click a group and choose Add Contact to Group. The Contact Profile dialog appears. See the

table.

Field

Description

Display as

First name

Last name

Only the “Display as” name is required. This is the name that will appear in the call panel and the
Call Alert when this person phones you.

Group

Click to show the list of groups and check each group to add this contact to.

Contact Methods

You must enter at least one contact method. Enter as many contact methods as you want. Softphone
entries, Jabber entries and e-mail entries must have the format <name>@<domain>.

See this person’s Softphone
online presence

This box becomes enabled only if you have entered a softphone or Jabber address.

If you check this box, you will share your online status with this person; see page 40.

Introduction Message

This button becomes enabled only if you have entered a softphone or Jabber address.

If you choose to see this person’s online status, you can enter a short message.

Double-click action

Choose the desired method. This method will be used when you double-click this contact.

For example, if you choose “IM:[email protected]”, then double-clicking this contact will
open an IM window using this address (rather than any of the other addresses that exist for this
contact).

On a new contact, this checkbox and the Introduction Message button
become enabled once you enter a softphone address. On an existing
contact, they become enabled if you enter another softphone address.

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