Searching Contacts

Searching contacts. Max Vorobuov vmax0770@gmail.com Andre Klapper ak-47@gmx.net Novell, Inc

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Searching Contacts

Quick Search

In the Contacts view, you can quickly search for contacts either by category or by contact's info.

Searching by contact's info:

Click the search icon to expand the drop-down list.

Select the search condition from the list.

Enter the text you want to search for and press Enter.

Evolution displays the search results.

Searching by category:

Click the Show drop-down list.

Select the category from the list.

Evolution displays the search results.

If you want to set several search conditions, you should use an Advanced search, which is described below.

Advanced Search

Select the SearchAdvanced Search menu to open the dialog box.

Click Add Condition to add any number of rules.

Select the condition from the dropdown list, and then type a search entry in the field.

Click OK to get the search results displayed.

Clearing the Search results

To clear your search view and get back to the default view, click the Clear icon in the search string field, or choose SearchClear from the menubar. You can also press ShiftCtrlQ to clear the search.

Saved Searches

If you search for something rather often, you will prefer not to type it many times. In this case you can use saved searches.

To save your search results, either click Save instead of OK in the Search dialog, or in case the search results are already displayed, select SearchSave Search. From now on this search will be directly available from the Search menu.

Editing a Saved Search

Select SearchEdit Saved Searches from the menu bar to open the window.

Click the Edit button to open the Edit Rule window.

Edit the title or search conditions from the dialog box.

Click OK.