Alarm Cast Client Tools: Address Book

About this task

The address book is a built in directory of all available destinations in the database. It enables you to search through the entire database to select a destination.

  • Standard mode.
  • Classic mode.

Standard Mode

Procedure

  1. Select the destination to send a message to then
  2. Click New Message on the toolbar. A Message dialog box opens.
  3. Click the To button, or click Tools>Address Book on the Message menu bar. A Select Names browser opens.
  4. Select names in any of the following: Destinations, Distribution lists, Personal destinations, or Personal distribution lists, and click OK. Selecting the check box by the Name category, e.g.  Destinations, selects all names/distribution lists under that category.

    Result: The Alarm Cast Client re-opens.  All of the selected destinations will be listed in the To: field.

    Classic Mode

  5. Click Tools>Address Book on the Alarm Cast client (classic) dialog box menu bar. A Users Search browser opens.
  6. Enter the first letter of the last name of the user or use the scroll bar to locate the user within the list.
  7. Double click the user name to select it from the list. 
  8. Click OK.

Results

The Alarm Cast Client re-opens.  All of the selected destinations will be listed in the To: field.

Note: Multiple users can be selected at the same time by holding down the Shift key or the Ctrl key, then selecting destinations from the list.