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Communication
3. The information you entered for the contact is displayed. The following
options are available (depending on the types of information saved).
The
Dial
icon places a call to the number.
The
Message
icon starts a message.
The
Email
icon starts an email.
Tap the
Menu
icon (at the upper-right corner of the screen)
to
access the following menu options: Delete, Share, Join, Separate,
Set as default (this option appears if there are multiple phone numbers
saved for the contact), Export, Add to Home screen.
Adding Contacts
You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the
contacts in your Google™ Account, Microsoft Exchange account, or other
accounts that support syncing contacts.
Since your contacts can come from a variety of sources, the Contacts app
attempts to join new information with existing similar contact entries, to
create a single entry. You can also manage that process manually by joining
or splitting entries.
To add a new contact
1. Open the
Contacts
app.
2. Tap the
New contact
icon
(to the right of the search box).
3. If you have more than one account with contacts, select the account
where you want to save the contact by tapping the Accounts field (at the
top of the screen).
4. Enter the contact’s name.
5. Tap a category of contact information, such as phone number or email
address, to enter that kind of information about your contact.
Tap a category’s
Add new
icon to add more than one entry for that
category. For example, in the phone number category, enter a work
number and add a home number. Tap the label field to the right of the