Samsung SGH-I987 User Manual - Page 43

Synchronizing Accounts, Unjoining a Contact, Marking a Contact as Default

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Unjoining a Contact 1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Contacts . 2. Tap a contact name (the account name from which you want to unlink an entry). Note: typically this is the same contact with a different name or account information. 3. Tap joined contacts from the Joined Contacts area. 4. Tap the minus sign next to entry in which you want to unjoin. The contact is now separated and no longer displays in the merged record screen. Marking a Contact as Default When you use messaging type applications, the application needs to know which information is primary (default) in a contact entry list. For example, you may have three different contact records for John Smith, so the application will be looking for the "default" number or entry. 1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Contacts . 2. Tap a Contact name. 3. Press ➔ More ➔ Set default. The Set default screen displays radio buttons next to the contact names or phone numbers of all the linked contacts. The radio button next to the default contact will be green. 4. To change the default contact, tap the radio button next to another entry that you want to be the default. The radio button will turn green, then tap Done. Synchronizing Accounts From the Accounts menu you decide if you want applications to synchronize, send, and receive data at any given time, or if you want the applications to synchronize automatically. After determining how you want the accounts to synchronize, indicate which account to synchronize with your Contacts list. 5. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔ Accounts and sync. 6. From the General sync settings section, tap one of the following options: • Background data: allows your tablet to use data in the background. • Auto-sync: automatically synchronizes your data with the tablet. Contacts and Your Address Book 39

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Contacts and Your Address Book
39
Unjoining a Contact
1.
From the Home screen, tap
Contacts
.
2.
Tap a contact name (the account name from which you
want to unlink an entry).
Note
: typically this is the same
contact with a different name or account information.
3.
Tap
<number> joined contacts
from the Joined Contacts
area.
4.
Tap the minus sign
next to entry in which you want to
unjoin. The contact is now separated and no longer
displays in the merged record screen.
Marking a Contact as Default
When you use messaging type applications, the application
needs to know which information is primary (default) in a contact
entry list. For example, you may have three different contact
records for John Smith, so the application will be looking for the
“default” number or entry.
1.
From the Home screen, tap
Contacts
.
2.
Tap a Contact name.
3.
Press
More
Set default
. The Set default screen
displays radio buttons next to the contact names or phone
numbers of all the linked contacts. The radio button next to
the default contact will be green.
4.
To change the default contact, tap the radio button next to
another entry that you want to be the default. The radio
button will turn green, then tap
Done
.
Synchronizing Accounts
From the Accounts menu you decide if you want applications to
synchronize, send, and receive data at any given time, or if you
want the applications to synchronize automatically. After
determining how you want the accounts to synchronize, indicate
which account to synchronize with your Contacts list.
5.
From the Home screen, tap
Settings
Accounts
and sync
.
6.
From the General sync settings section, tap one of the
following options:
Background data
: allows your tablet to use data in the
background.
• Auto-sync
: automatically synchronizes your data with the tablet.