Manage Address Books

Use the built-in Address Book Manager to add address books into the Viewer and edit their properties and synchronization settings.

Open Address Book Manager

1. Go to the Manage tab and click Address Book Manager:
2. The Address Book Manager window will open:

Add new address book

Adding an address book to the Address Book Manager involves providing the path to an address book XML file on your local disk. Once added, you can load or unload the address book in your Viewer by selecting or deselecting the checkbox next to the record.

1. In the Address Book Manager click Add and select the address book kind — local or remote. Select Local and click Next:

   For information on how to add a remote (synced) address book please refer to the Set up Address Book Sync tutorial.

2. Select whether you want to create a new address book or open an existing address book file. Select Create new address book file and click Finish:
3. Enter a name for your address book file and click Save:
4. A new record will be displayed in the Address Book Manager. When the checkbox is selected the corresponding address book is loaded into the Viewer:
5. Click Close to close the Address Book Manager. The address book will appear in the navigation pane of the Viewer window.

Edit records

To edit an existing record in the Address Book Manager:

1. Select the record in the list and click Edit:
2. Edit the general properties:
   • Active—enable or disable showing the address book in the Viewer.
   • Address book name—specify the name under which the address book should appear in the Viewer.
   • Location—click Browse to specify the path to the address book on the local disc.
3. Edit address book sync properties:
   • Enable synchronization—enable automatic address book sync.
   • Server—specify which self-hosted server to use.

Delete records

To delete a record from the Address book manager, select the record and click Delete.