Adding a Group to the Contact List

You can add groups of people to your contact list at any time. Sametime Connect uses two kinds of groups:

• Public groups: Your system administrator uses your company's Directory to control the contents of public groups. The Directory is a master list of all people associated with your company. External users do not appear in public groups.
• Personal groups: You control the contents of personal groups. Personal groups can contain external users and names from your company's Directory. When you add a personal group to your contact list, the group remains empty until you add individual names to it.

Adding a Public Group

1. Open the "Add Person or Group" dialog box in one of four ways:
   • Click the Add icon .
   • Choose People - Add.
   • In the contact list, select a public group, right-click, and choose Add from the shortcut menu.
   • In Sametime Connect for the desktop, press Insert while the contact list is displayed in the Sametime Connect window.
2. Select the Public Group tab.
3. Enter the name of the group exactly as it appears in the Directory, or click Directory to browse the available Directories. (For more information, see "Searching for Names in the Directory".)
4. Click Add.
5. If the name you entered matches more than one group in the Directory, a list of the matching group names appears. Select the correct group name from the list. Click Add.
6. Click Close to close the "Add Person or Group" dialog box.

Note Public groups appear in your contact list only when at least one group member is online. If all group members are offline, the group does not appear in your contact list. Members of a public group appear in your contact list only when they are online, even if your contact list is set to display all people.

Adding a Personal Group

Tip You can also add a personal group whenever you add an individual name to your contact list.

See also:

• Creating and Maintaining the Contact List
• Adding an Individual Name to the Contact List
• Searching for Names in the Directory
• Renaming a Personal Group
• Removing an Individual or Group from the Contact List