Working with main window

The main window is the most important window of List Direct. After run List Direct, it will show the main window as follows:

Main window include following sections:

• Toolbar
• Sidebar
• List Grid & Contacts Grid
• Mail Grid & Mail Preview
• Status Bar

[Toolbar]

There are following buttons on toolbar:

	Send all mails		Verify all the email addresses of a list
	Create a new mail		Add a contact
	Edit a mail		Edit a contact
	Delete a mail		Remove a contact
	Send mail		Search a contact
	Create a new list		Verify a contact's email address
	Edit a list		Options
	Delete a list		Exit

[Sidebar]

The sidebar is outlook-style. It has two pages, one for mailing list and the other for mail management. When you click the "Mailing Lists" button, the right side of the window will show the list grid and contact grid. When you click the buttons on mails page, the right side will switch to mail grid and mail preview panel. The means of each buttons on the sidebar are as follows:

Mailing Lists Page:

Mailing Lists	Show the mailing lists information.
Profiles	Show the profile manager.

Mails Page:

Outbox	Show all mails in outbox. The mails in outbox is ready to sent.
Sent Items	Show all mails that has been sent.
Drafts	Show the mails still in edit state.
Delete Items	Show all deleted mails.

[List Grid & Contacts Grid]

List grid shows the list information of mailing lists. By click the list you selected, you can edit the contacts of the list. All the contacts belong to this lists will in the contacts grid. If you want to sort mailing lists or contacts, click the grid header. By default, contacts grid only show the display name, email address, company, business phone and home phone of each contact. If you want to get more details, double click it.

[Mail Grid & Mail Preview]

Mail grid show the mails of current selected mailbox. When click a mail, it will show preview of this mail below the grid. To edit the mail, you may double click it. You also can sort the mail by click the grid header.

[Status Bar]

Status bar show some information about your current operation. When you select a list, it will show the list name and contacts counts. If you browse mail, it will show the mailbox you selected and the mail count of the mailbox. When sending mails, the status of mail sender will also show on the status bar. You may double click the third section of the status bar to open the mail sending dialog.