LG VS985 User Guide - Page 79

Adding Contacts, To add a new contact

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Communication 77  The Menu icon accesses the following menu options: Refresh, Delete, Share, Forward, Merge, Set as default, Export, Add to Home screen, and All calls to voice mail. Adding Contacts You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google™ Account, Microsoft Exchange account, or other accounts that support syncing contacts. Since your contacts can come from a variety of sources, the Contacts app attempts to join new information with existing similar contact entries, to create a single entry. You can also manage that process manually by joining or splitting entries. To add a new contact 1. Open the Contacts app. 2. Tap the New contact icon . 3. If you have more than one account with contacts, select the account where you want to save the contact by tapping the Accounts field (at the top of the screen). NOTE To change the account later, edit the entry, tap the account (at the top of the screen), then tap the account you want it assigned to. 4. Enter the contact's name. 5. Tap a category of contact information, such as phone number or email address, to enter that kind of information about your contact.  Tap a category's Add new icon to add more than one entry for that category. For example, in the phone number category, enter a work number and add a home number. Tap the label field to the right of the entered information to open a drop-down menu of preset labels. For example, HOME or WORK for a phone number.  Tap Add another field (at the bottom of the screen), to add additional fields including Phonetic name, Organization, IM, Notes, Nickname, Website, and Events.

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77
Communication
±
The
Menu
icon
accesses the following menu options:
Refresh,
Delete, Share
,
Forward, Merge, Set as default, Export
,
Add to Home
screen
,
and
All calls to voice mail
.
Adding Contacts
You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the
contacts in your Google™ Account, Microsoft Exchange account, or other
accounts that support syncing contacts.
Since your contacts can come from a variety of sources, the Contacts app
attempts to join new information with existing similar contact entries, to
create a single entry. You can also manage that process manually by joining
or splitting entries.
To add a new contact
1. Open the
Contacts
app.
2. Tap the
New contact
icon
.
3. If you have more than one account with contacts, select the account
where you want to save the contact by tapping the Accounts field (at the
top of the screen).
NOTE
To change the account later, edit the entry, tap the account (at the top of the screen),
then tap the account you want it assigned to.
4. Enter the contact’s name.
5. Tap a category of contact information, such as phone number or email
address, to enter that kind of information about your contact.
±
Tap a category’s
Add new
icon
to add more than one entry for that
category. For example, in the phone number category, enter a work
number and add a home number. Tap the label field to the right of the
entered information to open a drop-down menu of preset labels. For
example,
HOME
or
WORK
for a phone number.
±
Tap
Add another field
(at the bottom of the screen), to add
additional fields including
Phonetic name
,
Organization
,
IM
,
Notes
,
Nickname
,
Website
, and
Events
.