====== Understanding the Difference Between Users and Contacts ======

In Feng Office there are //users// on one hand and //contacts// on the other hand. Both relate to people, but there a some important differences you should know.

===== Contacts =====

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Contacts are basically addresses (including all information that is necessary to contact a person by phone, fax, or the Internet). Contacts are stored under the ''[[Contacts]]'' tab, and as a whole they represent the address database within your Feng Office installation.

===== Users =====

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Users are basically logins for a Feng Office installation (including the e-mail address that is used to send a user information by e-mail). Users are managed by a Feng Office administrator in the [[administration panel]]. Users have certain user rights which may differ in many ways (for more details read [[User Rights|understanding user rights]]).

===== Create user from contact =====

If you have a contact that is not linked to a user you can do so by clicking the action ''Create user from person'' in the detail view of a contact.

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If you get the following error message your contact has no company assigned (which is mandatory for users). Simply edit the contact and add a company to solve this issue.

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