Sony Ericsson Xperia L User Guide - Page 45

Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application, Favorites, Home screen, Local contact

Get Sony Ericsson Xperia L PDF manuals and user guides View all Sony Ericsson Xperia L manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 45 highlights

To add a contact 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap . 3 If you have synchronized your contacts with one or more accounts, select the account to which you want to add the contact, or tap Local contact if you want to keep the contact's information only on your device. 4 Enter or select the desired information for the contact. 5 When you are finished, tap Done. To edit a contact 1 From the Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap the contact you want to edit, then tap . 3 Edit the desired information. When you are finished, tap Done. To associate a picture with a contact 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap the contact you want to edit, then tap . 3 Tap and select the desired method for adding the contact picture. 4 When you have added the picture, tap Done. You can also add a picture to a contact directly from the Album application. To delete contacts 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Touch and hold the contact you want to delete. To delete all contacts, press , then tap Mark several. 3 Tap the downwards arrow to open the drop down menu, then select Mark all. 4 Tap , then tap OK. To edit contact information about yourself 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap Myself, then tap . 3 Enter the new information or make the changes you want. 4 When you are done, tap Done. Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application If you synchronize your contacts with a new account or import contact information in other ways, you could end up with duplicate entries in the Contacts application. If this happens, you can join such duplicates to create a single entry. And if you join entries by mistake, you can separate them again later. To link contacts 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap the contact you want to link with another contact. 3 Press , then tap Link contact. 4 Tap the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact, then tap OK to confirm. The information from the first contact is merged with the second contact, and the first contact is no longer displayed in the Contacts list. To separate linked contacts 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap the linked contact you want to edit, then tap . 3 Tap Unlink contact. 4 Tap OK. Favorites You can mark contacts as favorites so that you can get quick access to them from the Contacts application. 45 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
To add a contact
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap
.
3
If you have synchronized your contacts with one or more accounts, select the
account to which you want to add the contact, or tap
Local contact
if you want
to keep the contact's information only on your device.
4
Enter or select the desired information for the contact.
5
When you are finished, tap
Done
.
To edit a contact
1
From the
Home screen
, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap the contact you want to edit, then tap
.
3
Edit the desired information. When you are finished, tap
Done
.
To associate a picture with a contact
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap the contact you want to edit, then tap
.
3
Tap
and select the desired method for adding the contact picture.
4
When you have added the picture, tap
Done
.
You can also add a picture to a contact directly from the
Album
application.
To delete contacts
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then tap
.
2
Touch and hold the contact you want to delete. To delete all contacts, press
,
then tap
Mark several
.
3
Tap the downwards arrow to open the drop down menu, then select
Mark all
.
4
Tap
, then tap
OK
.
To edit contact information about yourself
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap
Myself
, then tap
.
3
Enter the new information or make the changes you want.
4
When you are done, tap
Done
.
Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application
If you synchronize your contacts with a new account or import contact information in
other ways, you could end up with duplicate entries in the Contacts application. If this
happens, you can join such duplicates to create a single entry. And if you join entries by
mistake, you can separate them again later.
To link contacts
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap the contact you want to link with another contact.
3
Press
, then tap
Link contact
.
4
Tap the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact, then tap
OK
to confirm. The information from the first contact is merged with the second
contact, and the first contact is no longer displayed in the Contacts list.
To separate linked contacts
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap the linked contact you want to edit, then tap
.
3
Tap
Unlink contact
.
4
Tap
OK
.
Favorites
You can mark contacts as favorites so that you can get quick access to them from the
Contacts application.
45
This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.