Address books that are public or shared by other users can be used as follows:
You can define which public and shared address books are displayed in the folder view by subscribing to such address books.
This helps you to keep a better overview if there are many public and shared address books in your groupware environment.
If you subscribed to such an address book, you can set whether this address book will be synchronized with other clients, e.g. with your smartphone.
If you no longer need such an address book, you can cancel the subscription.
How to define the address books to which you want to subscribe and which are to be synchronized:
Click the More actions icon next to New contact. Click on Subscribe shared address books.
You can also use one of the following methods:
Click the Settings icon in the menu bar. Click on Subscribe shared address books.
In the Advanced settings section of the address book settings, use the Subscribe to shared address books button.
A window opens. It shows your private, the public and shared address books.
If you want an address book to be displayed, enable the Subscribe to address book button .
To define that a displayed address book is synchronized, enable the Synchronize via DAV checkbox.
If you no longer want an address book to be displayed and synchronized, disable the Subscribe to address book button .
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Parent topic: Adding Address Books