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Communicating with your contacts, Sharing your contacts

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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 join contacts 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Touch and hold the contact you want to join with another contact, then tap Join contacts. 3 From the list that appears, 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 joined contacts 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Touch and hold the joined contact you want to edit, then tap Edit contact. 3 Press , then tap Separate. 4 Tap OK. Favorites You can mark a contact as a favorite. The Favorites tab gives you quick access to your marked contacts. In Favorites, you can also find a list of the contacts you communicate with most frequently. To mark or unmark a contact as a favorite 1 From the Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap the contact you want to add to or remove from your favorites. 3 Tap . Communicating with your contacts To search for a contact 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Enter the first few letters of the contact name in the Search field. All contacts beginning with those letters appear. The quick contact menu Tap a contact's thumbnail to view quick communication options for a particular contact. Options include calling the contact, sending a text or multimedia message, and starting a chat using the Google Talk™ application. For an application to appear as an option in the quick contact menu, you may need to set up the application in your phone and be logged in to the application. For example, you need to start the Gmail™ application and enter your login details before you can use Gmail™ from the quick contact menu. Sharing your contacts To send your business card 1 From your Home screen, tap , then tap . 2 Tap My info. 3 Press , then tap Send contact > OK. 4 Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions. 41 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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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 join contacts
1
From your Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Touch and hold the contact you want to join with another contact, then tap
Join
contacts
.
3
From the list that appears, 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 joined contacts
1
From your Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Touch and hold the joined contact you want to edit, then tap
Edit contact
.
3
Press
, then tap
Separate
.
4
Tap
OK
.
Favorites
You can mark a contact as a favorite. The
Favorites
tab gives you quick access to your
marked contacts. In
Favorites
, you can also find a list of the contacts you communicate
with most frequently.
To mark or unmark a contact as a favorite
1
From the Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap the contact you want to add to or remove from your favorites.
3
Tap
.
Communicating with your contacts
To search for a contact
1
From your Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Enter the first few letters of the contact name in the
Search
field. All contacts
beginning with those letters appear.
The quick contact menu
Tap a contact's thumbnail to view quick communication options for a particular contact.
Options include calling the contact, sending a text or multimedia message, and starting a
chat using the Google Talk™ application.
For an application to appear as an option in the quick contact menu, you may need to set up
the application in your phone and be logged in to the application. For example, you need to
start the Gmail™ application and enter your login details before you can use Gmail™ from the
quick contact menu.
Sharing your contacts
To send your business card
1
From your Home screen, tap
, then tap
.
2
Tap
My info
.
3
Press
, then tap
Send contact
>
OK
.
4
Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.