You can use the halo view in the Email, Calendar or Tasks app to display all relevant information about a contact.
How to display a contact in the halo view:
Depending on the app, use one of the following methods:
- Select an email in the Email app. Click on a recipient or the sender in the detail view.
- Select an appointment or a task in the Calendar or Tasks app. Click on a participant in the detail view or in the pop-up.
Depending on the contact's entries in the address book, those data will be displayed in a pop-up:
- a picture if uploaded
- last name, first name
- business data, if entered
- Depending on the configuration: the contact's current availability for calls
- Depending on the configuration: icons for communicating with the contact:
- . Opens the window for composing an email.
- . Opens a menu with functions for calling.
- . Opens the window for creating an appointment.
- Further contact data, if set:
- Personal data, business data
- Email addresses. If clicking on an email address, the page for sending a new email is displayed.
- Business and private phone numbers. If clicking on a number, a function for making a call opens, if available.
- Business and private addresses. In the section of the address book settings, you can define whether a map service for displaying the address should be used when clicking on an address.
- Attachments
- The address book in which the contact is saved
- Your recent conversations with this contact If clicking on an email, its content will be displayed in a pop-up.
- Shared appointments with this contact. If clicking on an appointment, its data is shown in a pop-up.
To close the halo view, click the icon in the pop-up.
General description of the user interface:
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