About Your Contact List, the Directory, and Your Recent Calls

# About Your Contacts List, the Directory, and Your Recent Calls

You can easily find people and systems to call with Polycom CMA Desktop.

## Your Contacts List

Your Contacts list is your personal space for storing information about the people and systems you communicate with most frequently. You can add people to your Contacts list by copying them from the Directory or from your Recent Calls. When you add people whose systems support sharing presence, they receive an invitation to be on your Contacts list. You can also add people and systems outside the network by entering the information manually.

## The Directory

The Directory contains information about the people and systems in your organization. This information is refreshed each time you sign in to Polycom CMA Desktop. You can't make changes to the Directory, but you can copy Directory entries to your Contacts list. In the Contacts list, you can change a Contact's display name or add the Contact to a group.

## Your Recent Calls

Your Recent Calls list includes the people and systems you have called or received calls from. In the manual dial box at the bottom of the main window, click , and select a name. If your system is configured to include Recent Calls as a Contacts list group, you can click to open the Recent Calls group, and select a name. You can also search your Recent Calls and your Contacts List. Simply click in the manual dial box at the bottom of the main window, and start typing. If the system finds the name you want, you can click to select it.

Related Topics

Managing Your Contacts

Viewing Your Recent Calls