Help is available for each item in this group. Click  [image]  at the top of the dialog box, and then click the specific item you want information about.


Provides a space for you to type the names of contacts or groups you want to see in the list. If you do not type anything, the list displays all names in your address book.


Displays all the entries in your address book, or those matching the name you type in the Type name or select from list box.


Click this to add information about a new contact to your address book.

You can store home and business information for contacts: e-mail addresses and aliases, Internet home pages, phone numbers, postal addresses, and notes.


Click this to create and add a new group.


Displays properties for the selected contact or group.


Click this to search for names in your address book or directory services.


Adds the contact or group name(s) selected in your address book list to the To box of your outgoing message.


Displays the contact or group names that appear in the To box of your outgoing message.


Adds the contact or group name(s) selected in your address book list to the Cc box of your outgoing message.


Displays the contact or group names that appear in the Cc box of your outgoing message.


Lists the available directory services and address book(s) you can select from to search for contacts or groups.


Provides a space for you to type the name of a contact or group name that you want to search for. You can use this box to search for names, nicknames, company names, or organizations.


Provides a space for you to type the last name of a contact or a group name that you want to search for.


Provides a space for you to type the e-mail name of a contact or a group name that you want to search for.


Provides a space for you to type the address of a contact or group name that you want to search for. You can use this box to search any home or business address fields: address, street, city, state, zip code, or country.


Provides a space for you to type the phone number of a contact or group name that you want to search for. You can use this box to search any home or business phone fields: phone, fax, pager, or cellular.


Provides a space for you to type other information that might appear in the entries of a contact or group name that you want to search for.


Click this to search for the specified contact(s) or group(s) in the selected directory service or address book.


Clears the search criteria under Look for and any matching entries.


Closes this dialog box.


Displays all entries in the selected directory service or address book that match your search criteria.


Click this to add the contact(s) or group(s) selected in the list to your address book.


Click this to remove the contact(s) or group(s) selected in the list from your address book.


Provides a space for you to type a social or professional title for this contact. You can also click the down arrow to select an existing title.

For example, you can type Mr., Ms., Dr., Capt., and so on.


Provides a space for you to type the first name of this contact.


Provides a space for you to type the last name of this contact.


Provides a space for you to type a professional or academic title abbreviation for this contact. You can also click the down arrow to select an existing suffix.

For example, you can type Ph.D., M.E., M.D., and so on.


Provides a space for you to type the home mailing address for this contact.


Provides a space for you to type the city for this contact's home address.


Provides a space for you to type the state or province for this contact's home address.


Provides a space for you to type the zip code for this contact's home address.


Provides a space for you to type the country for this contact's home address.


Provides a space for you to type the company name where the contact is employed.


Provides a space for you to type the contact's title in the company.


Provides a space for you to type the contact's department in the company.


Provides a space for you to type the contact's office location.


Provides a space for you to type the business mailing address for this contact.


Provides a space for you to type the city for this contact's business address.


Provides a space for you to type the state or province for this contact's business address.


Provides a space for you to type the zip code for this contact's business address.


Provides a space for you to type the country for this contact's business address.


Provides a space for you to type the phone number for this contact. The international dialing format is recommended. For example: +1 (206) 555-1234


Dials the phone number displayed in the Phone box.


Provides a space for you to type the fax phone number for this contact. The international dialing format is recommended. For example: +1 (206) 555-1234


Dials the phone number displayed in the Fax box.


Provides a space for you to type the cellular phone number for this contact. The international dialing format is recommended. For example: +1 (206) 555-1234


Dials the phone number displayed in the Cellular box.


Provides a space for you to type a custom label, and a space to type an entry associated with the label. You can also click the down arrow to select an existing custom label.


Provides a space for you to type the pager number for this contact. The international dialing format is recommended. For example: +1 (206) 555-1234


Dials the phone number displayed in the Pager box.


Provides a space for you to type the modem dial-up number for this contact. The international dialing format is recommended. For example: +1 (206) 555-1234


Dials the phone number displayed in the Modem dial-up number box.


Provides a space for you to type a nickname for this contact or group.


Provides a space for you to type the middle name of this contact.


Provides a space for you to type notes and miscellaneous information for this contact or group.


Saves all the changes you have made without closing this dialog box.


Adds the e-mail name you typed in the E-mail address box to the e-mail address list for this contact.


Lists the e-mail names for this contact.


Removes the selected e-mail name from the e-mail address list.


Makes the selected e-mail name the default e-mail name when sending messages to this contact.


Provides a space for you to type the URL (address) for this contact's Internet home page.


Opens this contact's Internet home page in a browser window.


Provides a space for you to type a detailed name for this group.


Click this to select contacts from your address book to add to this group.


Click to add contacts to this group that are not currently in your address book.


Lists the contacts in this group.


Removes the contact(s) selected in the Members list from this group.


Displays the contacts in your address book that match the name you've typed. If there are no matching contacts or groups, "No Matches Found" appears in the list.


Displays the Address Book, where you can select the correct name.


Click this to change the information for the selected e-mail address.


Adds the contact or group name(s) selected in the address book list to the Bcc box of your outgoing message. For each person listed in the Bcc box, only that person and the message sender knows to whom the message was sent.


Displays the contact or group names that appear in the Bcc box of your outgoing message.


Click this to delete the selected name in the Names list from your address book.


Lists the available directory services.


Click this to add a new directory service.


Removes the selected directory service from your Directory Service list.


 Click this to change the properties for the selected directory service.


Adds the directory service(s) selected in the Directory Service list to the Check names against list.


Removes the directory service(s) selected in the Check names against list and adds it to the Directory Service list.


Moves the selected directory service up one in the Check names against list.


Moves the selected directory service down one in the Check names against list.


Lists the directory services against which names are currently checked and the order in which they are checked.


Lists the directory services that can be added to the Check names against list.


Lists the available countries.


Lists the available address books and directory services.


Provides a space for you to type the same password you typed in the Password box, to verify that you typed the password correctly.


Provides a space for you to specify how long Address Book should try to connect to this directory service.


Provides a space for you to type the first name, or the first character(s) in it, of the contact you want to find. Most servers will not allow a search by just the text in the First name box.


Provides a space for you to type the last name, or the first character(s) in the last name, of the contact you want to find.


Provides a space for you to type the e-mail name, or the first character(s) in the e-mail name, of the contact.


Provides a space for you to type the organization, or the first character(s) in the organization, of the contact you want to find. Some servers might not use this information, but others might require it.


Lists the available countries you can search for names in. You can only search one country at a time, and the server might not have entries in all countries that are displayed in this list.


Specifies to print all address book information you have stored for the selected contact(s).


Specifies to print the information from your address book that you would typically find on a business card - company, phone numbers, e-mail address - for the selected contact(s).


Specifies to print all phone numbers - home, business, cellular, fax, other - for the selected contact(s).


Specifies which name field to display in the contact list. You can type a name, or select from a list containing the full name (first, middle, and last), nickname, or company name for this contact.

If you do not select or type anything in this box, the contact will be assigned a display name based on the full name, nickname, or company name.


Lists the available certificates for the current contact.


Click this to display details for the selected certificate.


Click this to remove the selected certificate from your address book.


Click this to make the selected certificate the default certificate used with e-mail for this contact.


Click this to import a certificate for this contact from a file. Certificate files usually have a .pub extension.


Click this to export the selected certificate to a file. Certificate files usually have a .pub extension.


Specifies to use anonymous authentication with this directory service, which requires no user name or password.


Click this to view the Web site of this directory service.


Adds the displayed contact to your address book.


Provides a space for you to type the conferencing address(es) for the contact or to select from the list of e-mail names. Note that a person's conferencing address is not always the same as his or her e-mail address.


Click this to start an Internet conference call using the selected address.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the server used for conferences with this contact. The first server name you provide is automatically set as the default name.


Click this to add the server you entered to the list of conferencing servers.


Click this to change a server name.


Click this to remove the highlighted server from the list.


Click this to select the highlighted server as the one that is tried first when you start a conference call.


Click this to specify the selected server as the one that is used if a connection cannot be made using  the default server.


Lists the groups this contact belongs to.


Lists the e-mail address(es) for the contact. When you import a digital ID (certificate) into the address book, you must select the e-mail address that is associated with that digital ID. ( When you apply for a digital ID,  it is associated with the e-mail address you provide to the certifying authority. )


Select this check box if you know that the contact has an e-mail program that cannot read HTML-formatted mail.  When you send an HTML-formatted message, the message is displayed as plain text with an HTML file attached. The recipient can view the attached file by opening it in any Web browser.