Apple MA712LL User Guide - Page 108

Searching contacts, Adding and editing contacts, Add a contact on iPhone, Edit contact information

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Searching contacts You can search titles and first, last, and company names in your contacts on iPhone. If you have a Microsoft Exchange account, an LDAP account, or a CardDAV account, you can also search those contacts. Search contacts: In Contacts, tap the search field at the top of any contact list and enter your search. Search a GAL Search an LDAP server Search a CardDAV server Save contact information from a GAL, LDAP, or CardDAV server Tap Groups, tap Directories at the bottom of the list, then enter your search. Tap Groups, tap the LDAP server name, then enter your search. Tap Groups, tap the searchable CardDAV group at the bottom of the list, then enter your search. Search for the contact you want to add, then tap Add Contact. Contacts can also be found through searches from the Home screen. See "Searching" on page 28. Adding and editing contacts Add a contact on iPhone: Tap Contacts and tap . If isn't visible, make sure you're not viewing an LDAP, CalDAV, or GAL contact list. Delete a contact Add a contact from the numeric keypad Enter a soft (two-second) pause in a number Enter a hard pause in a number Add a recent caller's phone number to your contacts In Contacts, choose a contact, than tap Edit. Scroll down and tap Delete Contact. Tap Keypad, enter a number, then tap . Tap Create New Contact or tap "Add to Existing Contact" and choose a contact. Tap , then tap Pause. One or more pauses may be required by a phone system before dialing an extension, for example. Each pause appears as a comma when the number is saved. Tap , then tap Wait. A hard pause appears as a semicolon when the number is saved. When dialing, iPhone pauses when it reaches the semicolon and waits until you tap Dial to continue. Tap Recents and tap next to the number. Then tap Create New Contact, or tap "Add to Existing Contact" and choose a contact. Edit contact information: Choose a contact, then tap Edit. Add a new field Add a contact's Twitter username Change a field label Change the ringtone or text tone for the contact Delete an item Assign a photo to a contact Tap Add Field. Tap Add Field, then tap Twitter. Tap the label and choose a different one. To add a new label, scroll to the bottom of the list and tap Add Custom Label. Tap the ringtone or text tone field, then choose a new sound. The default tone is set in Settings > Sounds. Tap , then tap Delete. Tap Add Photo, or tap the existing photo. You can take a photo with the camera or use an existing photo. To import photos from your contacts' Twitter profiles, go to Settings > Twitter. Sign in to your Twitter account, then tap Update Contacts. 108 Chapter 24 Contacts

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Searching contacts
You can search titles and first, last, and company names in your contacts on iPhone. If you have
a Microsoft Exchange account, an LDAP account, or a CardDAV account, you can also search
those contacts.
Search contacts:
In Contacts, tap the search field at the top of any contact list and enter your search.
Search a GAL
Tap Groups, tap Directories at the bottom of the list, then enter your search.
Search an LDAP server
Tap Groups, tap the LDAP server name, then enter your search.
Search a CardDAV server
Tap Groups, tap the searchable CardDAV group at the bottom of the list,
then enter your search.
Save contact information from a
GAL, LDAP, or CardDAV server
Search for the contact you want to add, then tap Add Contact.
Contacts can also be found through searches from the Home screen. See “Searching” on page 28.
Adding and editing contacts
Add a contact on iPhone:
Tap Contacts and tap
. If
isn’t visible, make sure you’re not viewing
an LDAP, CalDAV, or GAL contact list.
Delete a contact
In Contacts, choose a contact, than tap Edit. Scroll down and tap
Delete Contact.
Add a contact from the numeric
keypad
Tap Keypad, enter a number, then tap
. Tap Create New Contact or
tap “Add to Existing Contact” and choose a contact.
Enter a soft (two-second) pause in
a number
Tap
, then tap Pause. One or more pauses may be required by a phone
system before dialing an extension, for example. Each pause appears as a
comma when the number is saved.
Enter a hard pause in a number
Tap
, then tap Wait. A hard pause appears as a semicolon when
the number is saved. When dialing, iPhone pauses when it reaches the
semicolon and waits until you tap Dial to continue.
Add a recent caller’s phone
number to your contacts
Tap Recents and tap
next to the number. Then tap Create New Contact,
or tap “Add to Existing Contact” and choose a contact.
Edit contact information:
Choose a contact, then tap Edit.
Add a new field
Tap
Add Field.
Add a contact’s Twitter username
Tap
Add Field, then tap Twitter.
Change a field label
Tap the label and choose a different one. To add a new label, scroll to the
bottom of the list and tap Add Custom Label.
Change the ringtone or text tone
for the contact
Tap the ringtone or text tone field, then choose a new sound. The default
tone is set in Settings > Sounds.
Delete an item
Tap
, then tap Delete.
Assign a photo to a contact
Tap Add Photo, or tap the existing photo. You can take a photo with the
camera or use an existing photo.
To import photos from your contacts’ Twitter profiles, go to Settings >
Twitter. Sign in to your Twitter account, then tap Update Contacts.
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Contacts