WPS Contact Search on macOS: Introduction

WPS Contact Search on macOS helps you find people in your organization directory by name or department keywords in the WPS collaboration search bar; 2 core tasks, 2 available without membership, and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	2	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	2	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

WPS Contact Search is a contact lookup feature in WPS Office for macOS collaboration scenarios. It lets you switch to the Contacts view from the top global search bar and search people in your organization directory.

Main capabilities include:

Open the contact search page from the top global search bar.
Search contacts by name or department keywords.
Narrow results further with filters on the search page.

This feature is useful when you need to find coworkers, locate members by department, or confirm contact details before collaboration.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A macOS device that can run WPS Office for Mac
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office
Network	An internet connection is needed to access the organization directory and search results
Other	Sign in with a WPS account that can access your organization directory

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS and confirm that the top global search bar is available in the collaboration interface

Source: WPS download page

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	In the WPS collaboration top search bar, you can switch to the Contacts tab, search organization directory contacts by name or department keywords, and refine results with filters.	Outlook lets users find contacts in People view or search boxes by name, email, phone, company, department, and other fields.	Google Contacts lets users search for people from Directory or Contacts search boxes and view matching results.	Notion provides a People Directory that can be found through search and used to view workspace member profiles.	Adobe Acrobat Sign provides address book suggestions that match personal or organizational contacts while entering recipients.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: The contact entry point is integrated into the WPS collaboration top search bar. Advantage: It supports direct lookup by name or department keywords in the organization directory.	Compared with WPS: Contact search is more closely tied to email and contact management workflows.	Compared with WPS: Directory lookup mainly happens inside Google Contacts or Directory pages.	Compared with WPS: It is more focused on workspace member profiles than on a dedicated organization contact search flow.	Compared with WPS: It mainly supports recipient auto-complete for signing workflows rather than a full collaboration contact search flow.
Official Source	—	Find people and contacts	Get started with Contacts in Google Workspace	People Directory	Address book overview

Overall Conclusion
If your main goal is to find people quickly inside the WPS collaboration workspace, WPS Contact Search gives you a more direct entry point. Other products also support people or contact lookup, but their entry points and usage contexts are different.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable Users	Main Need	How Contact Search Helps
1	Find a coworker quickly	Employees	They do not remember full contact details	Search by a name keyword
2	Locate members by department	Team leads	They need to find people in a specific department	Search by a department keyword
3	Confirm contact details before collaboration	Project members	They need to verify a person before reaching out	Open the Contacts view from the top search bar
4	Narrow a large result set	Frequent collaborators	Too many results make people hard to identify	Use filters on the search page
5	Replace manual directory browsing	New members	They are not familiar with the organization structure	Search instead of browsing the directory one by one

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Feature	Free	WPS Premium
Contact Search	✅ Available	✅ Available
Writer, Spreadsheet, and Presentation core apps	✅ Available	✅ Available
Some advanced features	Available based on feature scope	More advanced features are available

Source: WPS Office pricing page; Why do I need to pay for WPS Office?

Recommendations

Scenario	Recommended Plan	Why
You only need contact search and basic office work	Free	Contact Search itself has no membership restriction for this feature
You also need more advanced office features	WPS Premium	A membership is more suitable if you need broader advanced capabilities beyond contact lookup

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Source: WPS Office pricing page