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Adding a new contact to the Office Accelerator application is done using the New Contact Wizard.  Using the New Contact Wizard is the default method for entering data into the Office Accelerator application, however, the New Contact Wizard can be disabled via the Accelerator |Preferences| menu by selecting |New Contact (Wizard)|, clicking the |Steps| tab and selecting the option to disable the New Contact Wizard. The disable option is only available to users that have been granted user right privileges to turn off the New Contact Wizard.   

To add a new contact to the Office Accelerator application, do the following:
 

1. Click the |Add New Contact| button located on the Default Console, the Main Tool Bar by selecting |Add New Contact Button|, or by using the |Ctrl + N| keyboard command.  If the duplicate checker is enabled (default), Office Accelerator will first check if a similar contact already exists in the database.  You can turn off the duplicate checker within the Accelerator phone book by selecting |Preferences|New Contact (Wizard)|, clicking the |Steps| tab and selecting the option entitled |Turn off the New Contact Duplicate Checking|.

   
   To skip the duplicate check process, leave the fields blank and click |OK|.

   
    

If a similar contact is found, options

2. to use the existing contact or create a new contact are displayed. 
    

3. If no matching contact is found, you may select one of following:

• Let Me Add a New Contact
• Let Me Try Again (or Cancel)
  
  
   

4. If you are in a multi-user environment, the Contact Wizard will provide the option to assign the contact to a specific owner. The default owner of the contact is typically the Office Accelerator user you are logged in with.  Contact ownership is used in conjunction with access rights to control what contacts can be viewed by Office Accelerator users.  For example, you might have a personal folder called Business Leads which you would prefer to keep private.  If you are the owner of the contacts in the Business Leads folder, you can set the access level on these contacts to owner only.  Doing so would make these contacts only visible to you.  If at a later time you wanted to share these contacts with other users, you could set the Business Leads contact list access rights to Owner and Proxy only (a proxy is someone you share your contact data with), or Everyone.  
   
   
   
   
5. The contact wizard will provide options to add the contact to your personal 'My Phone Book' folder, the 'My Phone Book' folder of those users you are proxy to, and/or sub folders as shown below.  Click the |Next| button to continue.
   
   

6. Select any additional folders and/or categories you would like this contact associated with (as shown below), click the |Done| button to continue.

7. Finally, from the Edit Screen (shown below) you may enter any remaining data into the appropriate fields, click the |Save| button when you are done. 

Additional Contact Entry Information