Preferences

You can modify many aspects of KAddressBook's behavior in the preferences dialog; the dialog can be opened via Settings->Configure KAddressBook or using the toolbar icon.


The preferences dialog.

The preferences dialog.


The Address Book Page

The General Tab

Honor KDE single click

If checked, KAddressBook pays attention to the KDE single-click option.

Automatic Name Parsing for new addresses

If checked, the automatic name parsing feature is used for new addresses.

Script-Hooks

Here you can specify the commands which are to be executed whenever you click at a phone number or fax number link in the details page.

Extensions

In this list view you can enable and disable extensions individually and configure their settings.

The Contact Tab

KAddressBook can automatically parse a name into its parts; to make sure this works in many cases you can add, here, additional name parts, like prefixes, suffixes and inclusions.

Prefixes

Here you can manage name prefixes, like 'Prof.' or 'Dr.'.

Inclusions

Here you can manage name inclusions, like 'van' or 'von', which are often part of Dutch or German names.

Suffixes

Here you can manage name suffixes like 'Sr.' or 'Jr.'.

Default Formatted Name

Here you can select the default type of formatted names to be used for new contacts.

The LDAP Lookup Page

On this page you can configure the LDAP servers that should be used for ldap queries in KAddressBook.

Use Add Host... to add and setup a new server.


Example of LDAP Lookup configuration (Kolab).

The Add Host dialog - Example of LDAP Lookup configuration (Kolab).


You can include and exclude servers from the search by selecting or deselecting their check boxes. In the server list. Press OK to close the dialog.

You may configure the search order by moving up or down the servers in the list. This can be done using the corresponding arrows on the right side of the dialog.