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[https://kontact.kde.org/components/kaddressbook.html KAddressBook] stores all the personal details of your family, friends and other contacts. It supports large variety of services, including NextCloud, Kolab, Google Contacts, Microsoft Exchange (EWS) or any standard CalDAV server.  
[https://kontact.kde.org/components/kaddressbook.html KAddressBook] stores all the personal details of your family, friends and other contacts. It supports large variety of services, including NextCloud, Kolab, Google Contacts, Microsoft Exchange (EWS) or any standard CalDAV server.  


== How to get started ==
== Tutorials ==
 
=== Create a new address book ===
 
First create a address book, by right clicking on the <menuchoice>Address Books</menuchoice> section, to open a context menu, and then click on <menuchoice>Add Address Book...</menuchoice>.
 
[[File:AddAddressBook1.png|400px|center|thumb|Create a new address book.]]
 
You will now see a list of differents supported services, NextCloud, Google Contacts, ... Choose the services you want to use.


{{Note|If you want a local file to save the address book, select <menuchoice>vCard File</menuchoice>}}
=== Getting started ===


[[File:AddAddressBook2.png|400px|center|thumb|Select a service for the new address book.]]
* [[Special:myLanguage/KAddressBook/Tutorials/How to create a new address book?|How to create a new address book?]]
* [[Special:myLanguage/KAddressBook/Tutorials/How to create a new contact?|How to create a new contact?]]


You then need to configure the service, by for example giving your credentials, or if you prefer using a local file giving the path to the file (can be new or already existing).
=== Connect to an external service? ===


[[File:AddAddressBook3.png|400px|center|thumb|Configure the service.]]
* [https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/13/user_manual/pim/sync_kde.html Synchronizing NextCloud with KDE PIM] (NextCloud Documentation)


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The page [[Special:myLanguage/Akonadi_and_AddressBook|Akonadi and AddressBook]] helps you understand the structure of KAddressBook, so that you can be sure that you have backed up all that you need.
The page [[Special:myLanguage/Akonadi_and_AddressBook|Akonadi and AddressBook]] helps you understand the structure of KAddressBook, so that you can be sure that you have backed up all that you need.
== Tutorials ==
* [https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/13/user_manual/pim/sync_kde.html Synchronizing NextCloud with KDE PIM]


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Revision as of 23:13, 16 January 2019

KAddressBook is a powerful address book application integrated in the KDE-PIM suite.

Introduction

KAddressBook stores all the personal details of your family, friends and other contacts. It supports large variety of services, including NextCloud, Kolab, Google Contacts, Microsoft Exchange (EWS) or any standard CalDAV server.

Tutorials

Getting started

Connect to an external service?

Backing up your Data

The page Akonadi and AddressBook helps you understand the structure of KAddressBook, so that you can be sure that you have backed up all that you need.