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<info>
<link type="guide" xref="contacts"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.5.5" date="2012-08-13" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-02-26" status="final"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
<email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
<desc>Search for a contact.</desc>
</info>
<title>Search for a contact</title>
<p>You can search for an online contact in one of two ways:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>In the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, start typing the name of the
contact.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Matching contacts will appear in the overview instead of the usual list
of applications.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Press <key>Enter</key> to select the contact at the top of the list or
click the contact that you want to select if they are not at the
top.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>To search from inside <app>Contacts</app>:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Click inside the search field.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Start typing the name of the contact.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</page>