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5.1.2 Importing contacts

Select this option to import a list of contacts from another CounterPath client into the eyeBeam
phone book.

Access the Calls & Contacts menu of the Contact Drawer, then choose Import Contacts. Find
the appropriate CSV file on the client computer and click OK.

N

OTE

THAT

USERS

MUST

FIRST

EXPORT

THEIR

LIST

OF

CONTACTS

FROM

THEIR

C

OUNTER

P

ATH

CLIENT

TO

A

CSV (C

OMMA

S

EPARATED

V

ALUE

)

FILE

. P

LEASE

REFER

TO

THE

APPLICABLE

C

OUNTER

P

ATH

CLIENT

DOCUMENTATION

FOR

INFORMATION

ABOUT

HOW

TO

DO

THIS

.

5.1.3 Exporting contacts

Users may also export all contacts stored in their eyeBeam phone book into a CSV file that can be
imported later into an e-mail client.

To do this, select the Export Contacts menu item from the Calls & Contacts menu in the Contact
Drawer. eyeBeam will prompt the user to specify the name and location of the CSV file
containing their contact list.

N

OTE

THAT

THE

USER

MUST

REFER

TO

ANY

APPROPRIATE

E

-

MAIL

CLIENT

DOCUMENTATION

FOR

INSTRUCTIONS

ON

HOW

TO

IMPORT

A

CSV

FILE

CONTAINING

A

CONTACT

LIST

.

5.2 Instant Messaging

To send an instant message to a contact, right-click the contact, and choose Send an Instant
Message
.