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Contacts is usually used as a list of specific characteristics of users, such as names linked to emails, webpage, telephony number, etc.

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Access Office 365-directory using LDAP

My company runs internal e-mail-traffic using Outlook 365. I prefer using a proper e-mail client (in my case: thunderbird) via IMAP and SMTP, which is no problem since the server adresses are provided in the Outlook 365 settings dialogue. Now, I…
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Outlook won't autocomplete "TO" when typing a contact's last name

I have Outlook 2010 on a Windows 7 laptop. When I go to send an email, if I start typing a contact's last name in the "TO" line, Outlook will not auto-populate a list of names that fit the description of what I have typed so far. However, if I start…
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Editing contact in GMail overwrites iPhone contact photo with a poor quality picture

I spend a decent amount of time setting the photos for all the contacts on my iPhone so that the photo will come up full-screen when talking to them on the phone. I use ActiveSync to sync my iPhone with Google Contacts and Calendar, and that is all…
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How can I merge duplicate contacts in Outlook?

I wanted to improve my address book and got a Memotoo account, which takes in contact info from LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Android and Outlook (and several others). You can imagine that I have the same contacts on different platforms and I…
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Calendar & Contacts - How to Mark All as Read

In Outlook 2013, the folder view is showing my Calendar and Contacts with a number to the right of it. I assume this means there are "unread" items in Calendar and Contacts. Perhaps my assumption is wrong on what these numbers are, but I want the…
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What happens to Google contacts in the People app in Windows 8

In the People tile in Windows 8, you can connect to your different accounts, e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook, Google contacts. I have a lot of contact information in Google Contacts that I have carefully curated. I also have Facebook and LinkedIn…
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How to make Outlook show contact names as Firstname Lastname?

I use Outlook 2010 on Windows 7. Out the box, it shows contact names as "Lastname, Firstname" eg. "Dylan, Bob". I would rather it show "Firstname Lastname" eg. "Bob Dylan" Recently when someone emailed me, I read the subject of the email in…
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Multiple contacts with shared information

Background: I currently have several hundred contacts, synchronized between a Microsoft Exchange server and several mobile devices. I also save exported copies of the contacts in .vcf format. (The mobile devices I'm currently using are a Symbian…
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How to delete contacts from the Windows 8 People app?

I never really bothered to keep my Hotmail contact information up to date, so now that I connected it to Windows 8, suddenly I see all this outdated contact information or people I've long stopped talking to. I don't see any buttons or options…
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Retrieve/Export contacts from Viber PC version

Question: I was using Viber in both PC (not the windows 8 metro style app) and Mobile phone. Unfortunately I lost my phone. Still I can use the desktop version of Viber . I can see all my contacts there (Viber + non-Viber). I need to retrieve those…
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How do I manage contacts from multple accounts (twitter, facebook, gmail, etc,.)?

I have quite a few of online accounts that I use that have contacts within them. Here are a few examples: Gmail (4 accts) Google+ FaceBook LinkedIn Outlook.com The list goes on Within these accounts there some contacts that are unique (i.e.…
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Outlook - Sychronise contacts from exchange

At work the exchange server has details of all employees in the system. Then there is the Contacts folder in Outlook. I can populate this with all staff, but, I want to synchronise it against all staff (occasionally) removing people who in are in my…
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Delete multiple contacts in Windows 8 People App

Is it possible to select multiple contacts in the People application instead of one at the time, so I can delete them all at once?
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Skype display picture saving

How can I save the display pictures of my friends and mine from Skype?
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On Pidgin, how to search for the next person with a name?

In the contact list, when I type a name, it highlights the first match. How to find the second match? I tried F3 with no avail.
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