Author: Ken Johnson 2004

Title: Exporting your Netscape Address Book

Key for instructions:
> represents a mouse-click or selection
>> is a double-click
r> is a right-click
(hints) and instructions are enclosed in parenthesis
"something to be type in" will be enclosed in double quotes
CompoundWordsWithCapitalization represent actual text on the screen


Instructions:

(tested with version 4.7, probably won't be the same for v.7)

> Netscape (window) 
> Communicator (menu) 
> AddressBook (sub-menu) 


> AddressBook (window) 
> File (menu) 
> NewAddressBook (sub-menu) 


> AddressBookInfo (window) 
(fill-in) Name: "myExportList" (or-something-like-that)
> OK (button)


> AddressBook (window) 
r> myExportList (icon-in-list) 
> NewList (sub-menu) 


> MailingList (window) 
(fill-in) ListName: "mySpecialGroupList" (or-something-like-that)
> OK (button)


> AddressBook (window) 
> + (icon-in-list) (left-of myExportList) (exposes mySpecialGroupList)

(drag-and-drop 
from: any other address entries 
to: mySpecialGroupList)

> myExportList (icon-in-list) 
> File (menu) 
> Export (sub-menu) 


> ExportAs (window) 
(fill-in) FileName "p:\addressbook.ldif"
> v (button) (right-of SaveAsType:)
> LDIF (sub-menu) 
> Save (button)












> Mulberry (window)
> Address (menu) 
> AddressBookManager (sub-menu) 

> AddressBookManager (window) 
> PersonalAddressBook (icon-in-list) 
> New (icon in Toolbar)

> CreateAddressBook (window)
(fill in) AddressBookName "shared.mySpecialGroupList" (or-something-like-that)
> OK (button)


> AddressBookManager (window) 
>> shared.mySpecialGroupList (icon in List) 

> username.shared.mySpecialGroupList (window) 
> Address (menu)
> ImportAddress (sub-menu)
> LDIF (sub-sub-menu)
(fill-in) FileName "p:\addressbook.ldif"
> Open (button)

> AddressBookManager (window) 
r> shared.mySpecialGroupList (icon in list) 
> Details (submenu)

> AddressBook:user.shared.mySpecialGroupList (window) 
> AccessControlList (tab)
> NewUser (button)

> NewUserACL (window) 
under UserIDs (button)
fillin otherusername (first part of email address before the @)
to the right of Set: (text) 
> each (5 buttons) (should appear dark)
> OK

> AddressBook:user.shared.mySpecialGroupList (window) 
> OK

> AddressBookManager (window) 
> X (button in title bar)