Saving and Loading a Contact List
Sametime Connect allows you to create multiple contact lists, save them to your computer, and load them at any time. You can also transfer your contact list to a different computer. You can even transfer your contact list to other people so that they can use your contact list when they log on to Sametime Connect.
Saving a Contact List
Follow these steps to save a contact list:
- Choose People - Save List.
- Select a location where you want to save the contact list.
- In Sametime Connect for the desktop, the default location is the C:\Program Files\Lotus\Sametime Client directory.
- In Sametime Connect for browsers, the default location is C:\ WINDOWS\JAVA for Microsoft Internet Explorer or C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\netscape_profile for Netscape Communicator.
- Enter a file name for the contact list in the Save As dialog box.
- Click Save. The file is saved with the a DAT extension. Do not change this extension.
Loading or Adding to a Contact List
While working in Sametime Connect, you can load a different contact list at any time. In most cases, loading a new contact list replaces your current contact list without saving it. Therefore, you should always save your current contact list before loading a new contact list. You can also merge one contact list with another.
Follow these steps to load or merge a contact list:
- Choose People - Add to/Replace List.
- The Load File dialog box appears. Load a new contact list or add the names in the file you selected to your current contact list:
- To load a new contact list, click Replace.
- To add the new contact list to your current contact list, click Add. The two contact lists are merged into one contact list.
- In the Open dialog box, select the contact list file and click Open.
- If you chose to replace the current contact list in step 2, click Yes if prompted to replace the current contact list.