Nortel Networks AS 5300 manual Searching for a contact, Field Search criteria Nickname

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Searching for a contact

The following table describes the criteria you can use to search for a contact.

Field	Search criteria
Nickname	An alternate name assigned to a subscriber. For
	example, you can assign the nickname manager to
	the person you work for.
Name	• First name and last name of the contact. For
	example, searching for the contact with the Name
	of Smith returns contacts with the first name
	Smith and contacts with the last name Smith.
	• Both first and last name of the contact. For
	example, the string John Smith returns contacts
	with the first name John and the last name
	Smith.The search string Smith, John, also returns
	the same contacts.
	• Name matching continuation. For example,
	entering a y returns all contacts starting with the
	letter Y.
Last name	Last name of the contact.
First name	First name of the contact.
Phone number	Telephone number of the contact.
SIP address	The SIP address of the contact on the IP network. It
	has the same format as an e-mail address, for
	example, jdoe@lab1.org, but it is not an e-mail
	address.
Friends	Nickname, first name, or last name of the contact.
Group	Name of the group that the contact is a member of.
	For example, searching for Work returns all contacts
	that are members of that group.

To search for a contact, perform the following steps.

1From the SEARCH list, select Personal address book.

2From the FOR list, select a criteria to search for. For example, First name

NN42040-105 Nortel AS 5300 Release 1.0 Standard 01.02 June 2008