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Section 3: Contacts and Accounts Accounts Your device provides the ability to synchronize information, from a variety of accounts, including Email, Facebook, Google, and your Samsung account. Depending on the account, you can choose to synchronize your calendar, contacts, and other types of content. Contacts from your accounts appear in your device's Contacts. With synchronization, you can ensure that information on your device is updated with any information that changes in your accounts. Setting Up Your Accounts Set up and manage your accounts with the Accounts settings. For information about setting up other, non-synchronized email accounts, see "Setting Up Email Accounts" on page 18. Adding an Account 1. From a Home screen, tap Apps g Settings g General tab g Add account. 2. Select an account provider, then follow the prompts to enter your credentials and sign in. 3. The device communicates with the provider's server to set up your account on the device. Removing an Account Important! Removing an account also deletes all of its messages, contacts, and other data from the device. 1. From a Home screen, tap Apps g Settings g General tab g Accounts. 2. Navigate to the My accounts area and then tap the account name. 3. From the Accounts area of the screen, tap the account entry. 4. Tap Remove account, then tap Remove account at the prompt to remove the account and delete all its messages, contacts, and other data. Synchronizing a Accounts By default, all managed accounts are synchronized. You can also manually sync all current accounts. 1. From a Home screen, tap Apps g Settings g General tab g Accounts. 2. Navigate to the My accounts area and then tap the account name. 3. Tap the account name entry. 4. Tap Sync now to synchronize your account or tap Sync all to synchronize all your accounts. - or - Tap Cancel sync to stop the synchronization. Creating a Samsung Account Just as important as setting up and activating a Google account to help provide access to Play Store, etc.. An active Samsung account is required to begin accessing applications such as Samsung Link. Note: The Samsung account application will manage your access to the previously mentioned applications, and there is no longer a need to remember different passwords for each application. 1. From a Home screen, tap Apps g Settings g General tab. 2. Navigate to the Accounts area and then tap Add account g Samsung account. 3. If you have previously created a Samsung account, tap Sign in. - or - If this is your first time, tap Create account. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions. Note: You may be prompted to confirm your credentials via email. 5. If prompted, follow the on-screen instructions to verify your account via the provided email address. Note: Without confirming your email address and following the documented procedures, related applications will not function properly since it is Samsung account that is managing their username and password access. Contacts Use Contacts to store information for your friends, family and colleagues, to make contacting them easy. Adding Contacts 1. From a Home screen, tap Apps g Contacts g Add contact. 2. At the Save contact to prompt, select a save option for the contact (options depend on accounts set up): ● Device: Save to the tablet's Contacts. ● Google: Save to your Google account. ● Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync: Save to your Outlook account. 3. Tap contact fields to enter information. Tap to add another entry, or to remove an entry. ● Tap Photo ID to choose a picture to identify the contact. ● Tap Name to enter a name for the contact. Tap for additional name fields. ● Touch Phone number to enter a phone number, and then tap to choose a label. ● Tap Email address to enter an email address, and then tap to choose a label. ● Tap Groups to assign the contact to a group. For more information, refer to "Groups" on page 17. ● Tap Message alert to assign an alert sound for message alerts. ● Tap Add another field to add more fields, including Phonetic Name, Organization, IM, Address, Notes, Nickname, Website, Internet call, Events, or Relationship. 4. When you finish entering information, tap Save. Section 3: Contacts and Accounts 15

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Section 3:
Contacts and Accounts
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Section 3: Contacts and Accounts
Accounts
Your device provides the ability to synchronize information, from a variety of accounts, including Email, Facebook,
Google, and your Samsung account. Depending on the account, you can choose to synchronize your calendar,
contacts, and other types of content.
Contacts from your accounts appear in your device’s Contacts.
With synchronization, you can ensure that information on your device is updated with any information that changes
in your accounts.
Setting Up Your Accounts
Set up and manage your accounts with the Accounts settings.
For information about setting up other, non-synchronized email accounts,
see “Setting Up Email Accounts” on page
18.
Adding an Account
1.
From a Home screen, tap
Apps
g
Settings
g
General
tab
g
Add account
.
2.
Select an account provider, then follow the prompts to enter your credentials and sign in.
3.
The device communicates with the provider’s server to set up your account on the device.
Removing an Account
Important!
Removing an account also deletes all of its messages, contacts, and other data from the device.
1.
From a Home screen, tap
Apps
g
Settings
g
General
tab
g
Accounts
.
2.
Navigate to the
My accounts
area and then tap the account name.
3.
From the Accounts area of the screen, tap the account entry.
4.
Tap
Remove account
, then tap
Remove account
at the prompt to remove the account and delete all its
messages, contacts, and other data.
Synchronizing a Accounts
By default, all managed accounts are synchronized. You can also manually sync all current accounts.
1.
From a Home screen, tap
Apps
g
Settings
g
General
tab
g
Accounts
.
2.
Navigate to the
My accounts
area and then tap the account name.
3.
Tap the account name entry.
4.
Tap
Sync now
to synchronize your account or tap Sync all to synchronize all your accounts.
– or –
Tap
Cancel
sync to stop the synchronization.
Creating a Samsung Account
Just as important as setting up and activating a Google account to help provide access to Play Store, etc.. An
active Samsung account is required to begin accessing applications such as Samsung Link.
Note:
The Samsung account application will manage your access to the previously mentioned applications, and
there is no longer a need to remember different passwords for each application.
1.
From a Home screen, tap
Apps
g
Settings
g
General
tab.
2.
Navigate to the
Accounts
area and then tap
Add account
g
Samsung account
.
3.
If you have previously created a Samsung account, tap
Sign in
.
– or –
If this is your first time, tap
Create account
.
4.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Note:
You may be prompted to confirm your credentials via email.
5.
If prompted, follow the on-screen instructions to verify your account via the provided email address.
Note:
Without confirming your email address and following the documented procedures, related applications will
not function properly since it is Samsung account that is managing their username and password access.
Contacts
Use Contacts to store information for your friends, family and colleagues, to make contacting them easy.
Adding Contacts
1.
From a Home screen, tap
Apps
g
Contacts
g
Add contact
.
2.
At the
Save contact to
prompt, select a save option for the contact (options depend on accounts set up):
Device
: Save to the tablet’s Contacts.
Google
: Save to your Google account.
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
: Save to your Outlook account.
3.
Tap contact fields to enter information. Tap
to add another entry, or
to remove an entry.
Tap
Photo ID
to choose a picture to identify the contact.
Tap
Name
to enter a name for the contact. Tap
for additional name fields.
Touch
Phone number
to enter a phone number, and then tap
to choose a label.
Tap
Email address
to enter an email address, and then tap
to choose a label.
Tap
Groups
to assign the contact to a group.
For more information, refer to “Groups” on page 17.
Tap
Message alert
to assign an alert sound for message alerts.
Tap
Add another field
to add more fields, including
Phonetic Name
,
Organization
,
IM
,
Address
,
Notes
,
Nickname
,
Website
,
Internet call
,
Events
, or
Relationship
.
4.
When you finish entering information, tap
Save
.