Using the Directory

The Directory allows you to search for people and systems in your organization. You can call the people you find from the Directory, or you can invite them to your Contacts list. When they accept, you can see presence information about one another.

The Directory contains entries for individual people or systems() and for groups of people (). Your organization may also have organized the Directory into groups. These Directory groups allow you to find an entry faster by limiting the search to just one group.

To return your search to the top level of the Directory, click .

To find a person or system in the Directory:

  1. Click and start typing the name you want to find.

  2. If your system is configured for automatic searching, the system shows you all entries that contain the characters you enter as you type. If your system is configured for manual searching, click the search button to start the search.

    For example, if you type and, your search may find entries such as Andrew Jones, Christine Anderson, or Andover Conference Room.

    Tip: For faster searches in large Directories, click and choose the Group that contains the person you're looking for, if you know it.

To view people in a group entry:

  1. Double-click the entry (identified with ).

To return to the top Directory level:

  1. Do one of the following: