Copying contacts from one account to another, Merging contact information, Accepting contact link suggestions – HTC One E8 User Manual

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Copying contacts from one account to another

Contacts from your social network accounts may not be copied.

1. On the People tab, tap > Manage contacts.

2. Tap Copy contacts, and then choose a contact type or online account to copy

from.

3. Select a contact type or account you want to save to.

Merging contact information

Avoid duplicate entries by merging contact information from different sources, such
as your social network accounts, into one contact.

Accepting contact link suggestions

When HTC One (E8) finds contacts that can be merged, you’ll see a link notification
when you open the People app.

1. On the People tab, tap the Contact link suggestion notification when available.

You'll see a list of suggested contacts to merge.

2. Tap

next to the contact you want to merge. Otherwise, tap

to dismiss the

link suggestion.

If you don't want to receive contact link suggestions, on the People tab, tap >
Settings. Clear the Suggest contact link option.

Manually merging contact information

1. On the People tab, tap the name of the contact (not the icon or photo) you

want to link.

2. Tap > Link.

3. You can:

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Under Suggest links, link the contact to an account.

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Under Add contact, tap one of the options to link to another contact.

Breaking the link

1. On the People tab, tap the name of the contact (not the icon or photo) whose

link you want to break.

2. Tap > Link.

3. Under the Linked contacts section, tap

beside an account to break the link.

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