Searching in the Lotus Sametime directory

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Searching in the Lotus Sametime directory
The Lotus Sametime directory is a master list of all people associated with your company. You can search your company's Lotus Sametime directory to locate the names of users and public groups, even if you do not know the exact spelling of their names

Note: The features described in this topic are available only if your company has an IBM Lotus Sametime server. The Macintosh version of Lotus Notes does not support some instant messaging features, for example, instant meetings and multiple-person chats.

. Your company's Lotus Sametime directory does not contain private groups.

You can access the Lotus Sametime directory when you:

Add names to your instant messaging contact list
Invite other people to a meeting
Add names to a meeting invitation

To search the Lotus Sametime directory, follow these steps :

1. Click the Browse Directory button .

2. Click a directory from the drop-down list. When the contents of the selected directory appear, you can browse the directory contents or search for a specific name:

Browse the directory: Use the up and down buttons to page through the directory list.
Search the directory: Enter a group name or a person's last name in the Search field and click Search.

Tip:

To see the members of a particular group, select the group and click

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3. Select the person or group that you want to add to your list or invitation.

4. Click OK or Add.

Tip: If you added a public group to your instant messaging contact list but do not see the group in the list, all group members are currently offline. Public groups appear in your instant messaging contact list only when at least one group member is online. Private groups and their members appear in your instant messaging contact list even when the members are offline, unless you change this by displaying only online people.

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