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Supplemental Documentation
Getting Started
Accounts
Contacts
- The Contact List
- Status Icons
- Managing Contacts
- Combining Contacts
- Displaying/Sorting Contacts
- Managing Groups
- Blocking/Privacy
Chatting
- Sending Messages
- Fonts & Colors
- Message Tabs
- Chat Transcripts (Logs)
- WebKit Message View
- Group Chat / Multi-user Chat
Advanced Features
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Managing Contacts
Most contact management in Adium occurs directly on the contact list or via menu items in the Contacts menu.
If you just signed up for your instant messaging account, be sure to select Add Group from the Contact menu and add a group before adding contacts. See ManagingGroups for more information.
Adding a Contact
Select Add Contact from the Contact menu to add a contact. You will need to select a service, destination group, and enter the user name of the contact.
To add a contact on a particular service you must have a connected account on that service. For more information, see creating accounts.
Removing a Contact
To remove a contact:
- Select the contact on your contact list (if the contact is offline, you may need to show offline contacts - see below)
- Press ⌘-Delete
- You may alternately select Remove Contact from the Contact menu
- You may alternately right-click on the contact and select Remove
Moving a Contact
To move a contact to a new group, simply drag it. If you have a "borderless" contact list (which includes all of the “Bubbles” window styles), you'll need to hold down ⌘ in order to initiate the drag.
Reordering Contacts
Reordering contacts works the same way as moving them. Note that you can not manually reorder contacts if you have Adium keeping your contacts in a sorted order (see the View menu for these settings).
Combining Contacts
See CombiningContacts for information on combining multiple contacts (creating "metacontacts") into a single contact list entry.
Setting a Contact's Name (Alias)
To set the name you see for a contact (the contact's alias), select Get Info from the Contact menu and fill in the Alias field under the Settings tab.
Alternatively, add a card for that person in the Address Book (making sure to include their IM usernames), and Adium's AddressBookIntegration feature (on by default) will automatically use that information in the Contact List. This has other benefits; Apple Mail, among other applications, makes use of Address Book's contents for better display as well.
Contact List Limits
Most services allow an unlimited number of contacts. Each individual AIM, ICQ, or MobileMe (formerly known as .Mac) account can have a maximum of 500 contacts. This limit is set by the AOL servers; Adium itself places no limits.