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Organizing contacts with categories

To organize contacts independently from folders, you can use categories.

You can create, edit or delete own categories, see Managing categories.

How to mark contacts with a category:

  1. Select a contact. Click the Edit contact icon in the toolbar.

    The contact editing window opens.

  2. To do so, click on Add category next to Categories. Select a category.

    In order to remove a category from the contact, click the Remove category icon next to the category.

How to display contacts that have been marked with a specific category:

  1. Select a contact that has been marked with a category.

  2. Click on the category in the detail view.

Result:

  • The list view shows all contacts that have been marked with this category.

  • To display the previous list, click the Cancel search icon in the search field.

Options:

  • You can also search for contacts with a specific category.

  • To show all objects that have been marked with a specific category, you can browse the categories.

Related topics:

Parent topic: Managing Contacts