How Do I Add a Contact?

1. Click New Contact on the left-side navigation panel.

   Or

   Click New Contact from the Address Book toolbar.

   A New Contact tab appears.

2. Enter the following details of your contact:

   • Click dummy photo provided on the left-side of this page to add a picture of your contact. A file browser appears. You can navigate to the directory that has the picture of your contact and add it. The photo is automatically cropped and resized to fit into the area provided for the picture.

   • First Name: Enter the first name of your contact.

   • Last Name: Enter the last name of your contact.

   • Company Name: Enter the name of the organization that your contact works for.

   • Job Title: Enter the job title of your contact.

   You can also use the Tab key to navigate to the next field after typing in the current field.

3. Click adjacent down arrow icon. This displays the Display Name and Middle Name text fields.

   Display Name, by default, is a combination of the first name and second name of the contact. Display Name is used to identify a contact uniquely. When you specify a display name, the contact is always shown with the display name assigned. The display name, if provided, is independent of the first and last name of the contact.

   The following options are available:

   • Display Name: Enter a display name for your contact. Select the salutation that you want to assign to the contact from the drop-down list next to this field:

     The following options are available:

     • Mr.

     • Mrs.

     • Ms.

     • Dr.

   • Middle Name: Enter a middle name for your contact. Select a salutation that you want to assign to the contact from the drop-down list next to this field:

     The following options are available:

     • Jr.

     • Sr.

4. Enter the display name and middle name in the corresponding text fields.

5. Enter the Email Addresses for your contact.

   The following options are available:

   • Work

   • Personal

   • Other

6. Enter the postal addresses for your contact in the Addresses section.

   ---

   Note - A hint indicating what must be entered in each field is provided in light grey. When you click in the field, the hint is removed.

   ---

   The following options are available:

   • Work

   • Personal

   • Other

   Once contact information is added and saved, you can view your contacts in view mode. After selecting a contact with address details, you hover over the View Map icon (located under the address in view mode) to view a Google map thumbnail image. For more information on Google maps in the Address Book, see: How Do I Find an Address Location with Google Maps?

7. Enter the phone numbers for your contact in the Phone Numbers section.

   The following options are available:

   • Home

   • Work

   • Mobile

   • Pager

   • Fax

   • Other

   ---

   Note - You can change the order in which the phone numbers appear when you view the contact by selecting the fields from the drop-down list.

   ---

8. Enter the instant messaging information for your contact in the Instant Messaging field.

   The following options are available:

   • SunIM

   • AIM

   • Jabber

   • MSN

   • Yahoo

   • .Mac

   You can add up to two instant messaging IDs.

9. You can enter other information related to your contact from the Other Information drop-down list.

   The following options are available:

   • Nickname

   • Birthday

   • Anniversary

   • Calendar URL

   • Availability Address

   • Web Address 1

   • Web Address 2

   If the information you want to add is a date, a mini calendar appears when you place the cursor in the text box.

10. You can add notes regarding your contacts under the Notes section.

11. Click Save.

    Optionally, press the Enter key on the keyboard to save the content.

After adding the contact, all details that you have entered for the contact appear in the view mode. Also, only the information filled out is shown in the view mode.