Huawei Y7 2019 User Guide - Page 21

Managing Contacts, Manage Contact Groups

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Contacts For most accurate search results, ensure your device is displaying all contacts. On the contacts list screen, go to > Display preferences, and touch All contacts. l Drag the index on the side to quickly scroll through the list. l In the search bar at the top of the contacts list, enter the contact name, initials, telephone number, or email address, and the search results will be displayed below the search bar. You can also enter multiple keywords for your search, such as "John London", and the system will quickly find all matching contacts. If an error occurs while you're searching for a contact, on the contacts list screen, go to > Organize contacts, and then touch Rebuild index data > OK. Managing Contacts Manage Your Contacts The Contacts app gives you a host of features for managing your contacts. You can simplify your contacts list, choose to only view contacts on your Phone or SIM card, and easily find your frequent contacts. Merge duplicate contacts: If there are duplicate contacts in your contacts list, you can use the Merge duplicate contacts function to merge them. From the contacts list, go to > Organize contacts > Merge duplicate contacts, select the contacts you want to merge, and then touch . Display contacts for different accounts: Want to only view contacts on your Phone or SIM card? Go to > Display preferences, and select the accounts that you want to display. You can also: l Enable Simple layout: Want to hide the profile pictures, companies, and titles in the contacts list? From the contacts list screen, go to > Display preferences, and enable Simple layout. l View contact storage space: Want to check your contact storage space? From the contacts list, go to > Display preferences. In the Accounts field, you can see the available and total storage space on your device or SIM card. Add contacts to Favourites: Tired of constantly searching through your contacts for a particular entry? You can Favourite your frequent contacts for quick and easy access. From your Contacts list, touch and hold the entry you want to Favourite, then touch Add to favorites to add it to the Favourites screen. Manage Contact Groups Want to send a message to a group of colleagues or host a get-together? Smart groups automatically groups your contacts by company, city, and most recent contact time, so you can quickly send a group email or message. 17

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For most accurate search results, ensure your device is displaying all contacts. On the contacts list
screen, go to
>
Display preferences
, and touch
All contacts
.
l
Drag the index on the side to quickly scroll through the list.
l
In the search bar at the top of the contacts list, enter the contact name, initials, telephone number,
or email address, and the search results will be displayed below the search bar. You can also enter
multiple keywords for your search, such as "John London", and the system will quickly find all
matching contacts.
If an error occurs while you're searching for a contact, on the contacts list screen, go to
>
Organize contacts
, and then touch
Rebuild index data
>
OK
.
Managing Contacts
Manage Your Contacts
The Contacts app gives you a host of features for managing your contacts. You can simplify your
contacts list, choose to only view contacts on your Phone or SIM card, and easily find your frequent
contacts.
Merge duplicate contacts
: If there are duplicate contacts in your contacts list, you can use the
Merge duplicate contacts
function to merge them. From the contacts list, go to
>
Organize
contacts
>
Merge duplicate contacts
, select the contacts you want to merge, and then touch
.
Display contacts for different accounts
: Want to only view contacts on your Phone or SIM card?
Go to
>
Display preferences
, and select the accounts that you want to display. You can also:
l
Enable Simple layout
: Want to hide the profile pictures, companies, and titles in the contacts list?
From the contacts list screen, go to
>
Display preferences
, and enable
Simple layout
.
l
View contact storage space
: Want to check your contact storage space? From the contacts list,
go to
>
Display preferences
. In the
Accounts
field, you can see the available and total
storage space on your device or SIM card.
Add contacts to Favourites
: Tired of constantly searching through your contacts for a particular
entry? You can Favourite your frequent contacts for quick and easy access. From your Contacts list,
touch and hold the entry you want to Favourite, then touch
Add to favorites
to add it to the
Favourites screen.
Manage Contact Groups
Want to send a message to a group of colleagues or host a get-together? Smart groups automatically
groups your contacts by company, city, and most recent contact time, so you can quickly send a group
email or message.
Contacts
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