LapLink MN-LGD011-XX-US manual Importing and Exporting, Help

Importing and Exporting

It is important to understand how importing and exporting works in LapLink Gold Corporate’s address book..

Once you’ve clicked the Build ADO button and established a connection to your database, your Import/Export buttons will become enabled.

Importing and

Exporting ONLY affect the Global fold- ers.

Connections in your Local folders are computers only you need to connect to, and can’t be shared.

You can, however, cut and paste or Copy from your Local folders to your Global folders, and then share these connections using Import/Export..

Importing

Importing allows you to download a local copy of the Global Address book. As the Address Book gets updated by other users, who might add or delete users or folders, importing allows you get any new folders and users in your address book.

NOTE To import, you must have read access privileges to the database. See your database administrator for more information.

Exporting

Exporting allows you the capability of making changes to your address book, then Exporting those changes to the database. Exporting is primarily an administrative function.

NOTE If you’ve made changes to your Global Address list, and you want to share these changes with other LapLink Gold users, you must first use Export to send those changes back to the main database. Then, other LapLink Gold users must use Import to receive the changes.

CAUTION If you make changes to your Global address book, then Export it, those changes are permanent, both in your Address Book, and in anyone’s Address Book who later imports it.

CAUTION Exporting requires write privileges. Database administrators should carefully manage which users have Address Book Exporting capabilities.

Help

Click the Help button to get information on all the different components of the Address Book.

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