Contacts Overview

The Contacts is designed to store information about your contacts. There is a picture storing feature available. Furthermore, it is possible to store practically any information about a contact person, thanks to easily configurable database structure for each record.

Besides, the Contacts allows systemizing your information by placing it into the appropriate folders. The data inside the viewing area has a tree-like structure.

Moreover you can change a folder picture for better visualization. Just click the "Folders - Change Icon" main menu item and choose one of predefined pictures or load own picture from file. The picture size is 16x16 pixels.

Use the "New Folder" button to create a new folder, "Rename" button to rename folder, and "Delete Folder" button to delete selected folder. Also you can use the Ctrl+Alt+N, Ctrl+Alt+E and Ctrl+Alt+D shortcuts or the popup menu commands in the Documents tree area.

To simplify the information grouping process we added Drag & Drop support, so just drag the contacts or the contacts groups to place them inside folders.   Also you can cut or copy any entry and paste it into other folder using an appropriate buttons or shortcuts (Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V) or using the popup window in the Contacts area.

Also you can drag any contact to the program calendar to create a new appointment, linked to this contact.

Each entry has a built-in notification system, which will always remind you about an upcoming birthday or anniversaries.

You can filter your entries by category. Just click the "Filter by Category" button. In this case you will see only contacts, which match to the selected categories.

All entries in the list can be filled with the first category color, if this option is on (see the Contacts Preferences).

Besides, in the view area you can see practically any fields. Just configure the program options and select which fields do you want to see.

You can preview information about contact by pressing the following button: .

Furthermore, a contact can be posted as an electronic sticker on a computers monitor.  Just select a contact and click the "Show as Sticker" button.

See the  How to preview a record and to work with stickers  topic for more details.

Each entry can be edited directly in the view area.

The Contacts integrates automatically with a default Email client and a web browser, installed on your computer.

By clicking the button you can launch a pop-up window which contains the list of Email addresses a chosen record. Choosing any of the Email addresses from the list automatically launches an Email client ready to send a message to the chosen address.

Also you can send a message to the contacts group by pressing the "Send Message" button ("Tools - Send Message" program main menu item).

If you click the button, the entire list of Internet addresses (URLs) for the selected record will open.  When you chose any address, your Internet browser opens it at the set page.

Also you can use the Phone Dialer function to dial phone numbers. Click the button to access this feature.

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