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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="contacts-search">

  <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 href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <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>