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> Contacts

> Adding New Contacts

> Contacts is your address book and information storage for people and businesses you communicate with. You can add the following types of contacts to your device:

> | Outlook contacts. Contacts that are stored on your device, which can be created on your device or synchronized with your computer or the Exchange Server.

> | Windows Live™ contacts. Contacts that you communicate with using Windows Live™ Messenger or MSN.

> Note | You can add Windows Live™ contacts only after setting up Windows Live™ on your device. See “Adding Windows Live Contacts” for details.

> To open the Contacts screen:

> |  | On the TouchFLO 3D Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People.

> – or –

> Tap Start > Contacts.

> To add a contact on your device:

> 1. | Open the Contacts screen.

> 2. | Tap New, select Outlook Contact, and enter the contact information.

> 3. | In the File as field, choose how you want the contact name to appear in the contact list.

> 4. | To add a photo of the contact, tap Select a picture, and then select the picture file or tap Camera to take a photo of the contact.

> 5. | To assign a ring tone to the contact, tap the Ring tone field, scroll through the list of tones, and then select a desired tone.

> 6. | When finished, tap ok.

> Tips |

> | • | If a person who is not in your list of contacts called you and you want to save that person’s phone number, tap and hold the phone number in the Call History and then tap Save to Contacts from the shortcut menu.

> | • | To save a phone number that is contained in a message, open the message, tap the underlined phone number, and then tap Menu > Save to Contacts.

> | • | To edit contact information, tap the contact name and then tap Menu > Edit.

> Managing Contacts

> To group similar contacts:

> For easier management, you can group similar contacts by assigning them to categories.

> 1. | Create a new Outlook contact or edit an existing Outlook contact.

> 2. | Tap Categories.

> 3. | Select a preset category such as Business or Personal, or tap New to create your own category.

> 4. | When finished, tap ok.

> To find a contact on your device:

> There are several ways to find a contact when your contact list is long:

> | Begin entering a contact name in the provided text box until the contact you want is displayed.

> | On the Quick Scroll bar on the right of the Contacts screen, scroll to or tap a letter to go directly to the part of the contacts list where contact names start with that letter.

> Note | You can disable the Quick Scroll bar by tapping Menu > Options... and selecting the Show alphabetical index check box. This will show the alphabetical index at the top of the Contacts list.

> | Filter the list by categories. In the contact list, tap Menu > Filter, and then tap a category you’ve assigned to a contact. To show all contacts again, select Menu > Filter > All Contacts.

> To beam a contact’s details:

> You can quickly send contact information to another mobile phone or device through Bluetooth beaming.

> 1. | On the Contacts screen, select a contact.

> 2. | Tap Menu > Send Contact > Beam, and then select a device where to beam the contact to.

> Note | Before beaming, make sure Bluetooth is turned on and set to visible mode on your device and the target mobile device. You can also beam contact information to your computer. See “Bluetooth” for details.

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