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+# Setting up and using central addresses
+
+## Looking up addresses
+
+### Web access
+
+ * Public search page
+
+ * Horde webmail
+
+### Desktop applications
+
+ * Mozilla Thunderbird
+
+### Cell phone
+
+ * SMS lookup
+
+## Adding and editing
+
+### Web access
+
+ * Horde webmail
+
+### Desktop applications
+
+ * Directory assistant (Linux, MacOS w/ X11)
+
+## Exchanging data
+
+### Importing addresses
+
+#### Well-structured address databases
+
+Some address book applications can export entries as an LDIF file.
+This often means the data is well-structured and easy to feed into the central database.
+
+Import of LDIF files is supported from the following applications:
+
+ * Mozilla Thunderbird
+
+If you use a different application and it can export LDIF files, then try if it works.
+Tell us your experiences, so we can (maybe improve the import routines and) add it to this list.
+
+#### Other sources
+
+For applications that cannot export LDIF, first feed the data into an application that does,
+and then import from there.
+
+Here's a possible recipe for a list of addresses stored in an Excel spreadsheet:
+
+ 1. Remove noise (eg. non-tabular comments)
+ 2. Export as comma-separated file
+   * Use "Western european (ISO-8859-1)" as character codepage (not Unicode)
+ 3. Open Mozilla Thunderbird, and select "Import..." from the Tools menu
+ 4. Import addressbook, choose "Comma Separated" and open the exported data file
+ 5. Match Address Book fields with records to import
+   * Use "Display Name" as full name, if first and last name was not previously stored separately
+   * Use company fields for company info, if each previous record contained both company and contact person info
+   * Use custom fields for custom data (avoid reusing standard fields for new purposes!)
+ 6. Review the imported data now stored in a new Address Book
+   * Re-import if not satisfied: The field matching is remembered from last import
+ 7. Edit entries as needed
+   * Each personal entry *must* contain both first name and last name
+   * Each company-only entry must contain *no* personal data
+
+### Two-way syncronization