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Searching for Contacts
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Search for a User Window Overview
Use the “Search for a user” window to search for contacts in the LDAP directory and to add them to various Sun Java System Instant Messenger user interface functions. Using the “Search for a user” window involves:
The “Search for a user” window appears when you click:
The “Search for a user” window contains the following items:
- Search by drop-down menu - Search either by user ID or name. When searching by name, the Search Options drop-down menu is activated.
- Search Options drop-down menu - Provides the following types of searches:
- Contains - Finds any contact (user ID or LDAP group) containing the text you typed. For example, searching on “sam” would return users such as “Andy Samson” and “Sam Jones.”
- Starts With - Finds any contact that starts with the text you typed.
- Ends With - Finds any contact that ends with the text you typed.
- Text box - Use this box to type the text you want to search for, either a user ID or name.
- Search button - Click to start a search.
Tip
If too many matches are returned when searching by name and using the Contains option, narrow the search by setting the Search Option to Starts With or Ends With.
- Results/Matches found - This pane displays a list of contacts that matches the search criteria. They are identified by a user or group icon, a user name or group name followed by the @ symbol, and the domain on which they are configured.
- Select these users - This pane displays the contacts that you have selected.
- Add Button - Select a contact in the Matches found pane, and click Add to add to the recipient list. Use the Control or Shift keys to select multiple contacts.
- OK button - Closes the window, and adds the selected contacts to the Recipients List in the Edit Recipients window.
- Cancel button - Returns without selecting any contacts.
- Help Button - Displays this Help topic.
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