Sony Ericsson Xperia Z1 Compact User Guide - Page 55

Sending contact information, Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application

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Sending contact information To send your business card 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap Myself. 3 Press , then tap Send contact > OK. 4 Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions. To send a contact 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap the contact whose details you want to send. 3 Press , then tap Send contact > OK. 4 Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions. To send several contacts at once 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Press , then tap Mark several. 3 Mark the contacts you want to send, or select all if you want to send all contacts. 4 Tap , then select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions. 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 that 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 linked contacts are displayed as one contact in the Contacts list. To separate linked contacts 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap the linked contact that you want to edit, then tap . 3 Tap Unlink contact > Unlink. Backing up contacts You can use a memory card or a SIM card to back up contacts. To export all contacts to a memory card 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Press , then tap Export contacts > SD card. 3 Tap OK. To export contacts to a SIM card When you export contacts to a SIM card, not all information may get exported. This is due to memory limitations on SIM cards. 55 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Sending contact information
To send your business card
1
From your Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap
Myself
.
3
Press
, then tap
Send contact
>
OK
.
4
Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.
To send a contact
1
From your Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap the contact whose details you want to send.
3
Press
, then tap
Send contact
>
OK
.
4
Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.
To send several contacts at once
1
From your Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Press
, then tap
Mark several
.
3
Mark the contacts you want to send, or select all if you want to send all contacts.
4
Tap
, then select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen
instructions.
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 that 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 linked contacts are displayed as one contact in the Contacts list.
To separate linked contacts
1
From your Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap the linked contact that you want to edit, then tap
.
3
Tap
Unlink contact
>
Unlink
.
Backing up contacts
You can use a memory card or a SIM card to back up contacts.
To export all contacts to a memory card
1
From your Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Press
, then tap
Export contacts
>
SD card
.
3
Tap
OK
.
To export contacts to a SIM card
When you export contacts to a SIM card, not all information may get exported. This is due to
memory limitations on SIM cards.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.