Create a contact, Find a contact – Palm Pre Plus User Manual
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Chapter 6 : Personal information
Create a contact
You can add a contact to an account. If you don’t specify the account, the
new contact is added to your default account.
If you are using Contacts for the first time, you go through a few different
steps to add or access the contacts on your phone (see
). Follow this procedure to add contacts directly on your phone
after the first time you use Contacts.
1
Contacts
.
2
Tap .
3
(Optional) Tap the account icon to the right of
Name
to change the
account to which the new contact will be added.
* Account icon, showing Palm profile account
NOTE
If an account doesn’t appear in the list, you can’t add data to that account
from your phone.
4
Tap fields to enter contact details, select a ringtone for that contact,
add notes, or add birthday details for the contact. Scroll to see all of the
fields available for contact info.
5
To add detailed name information—such as a prefix, suffix, or middle
name—open the
and tap
Name Details
.
6
In some fields, such as New Phone Number, when you enter the
information a label button appears on the right. Tap the button to
change the label for your entry—for example, to identify a number as a
mobile or work phone.
7
Tap
Done
.
Find a contact
You can find a contact from Card view or the Launcher view. To learn how,
see
. To find a contact within the Contacts app, use
these steps.
1
Contacts
.
2
Enter any of the following:
•
First, middle, or last name
•
First and last initial (no space between)
TIP
When you enter a phone number that requires pauses—for example, a
number for which you need to enter a password or respond to prompts, you can
insert a pause or a stop in the number. To insert a two-second pause, enter a
T
where you want the pause to appear. To insert a stop, enter a
P
where you want
the stop to appear. To dial the next set of numbers after the stop, tap the screen.
TIP
Use the Reminder field to enter that important message or question you have
for this contact. The next time you send or receive a call or a message to or from
the contact on your phone, you get a notification at the bottom of the screen. You
can add a reminder to a contact at any time (see