Keeping Contact Information
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Besides displaying a list of names and more detailed information about a
single person, the Contacts screen also displays various controls to help you find
or do something with your contact information:
> Index Appears on the left side of the screen and lets you jump to any con-
tact by last name
> Search field Lets you type part of a name to find it
> Email address Lets you tap a displayed email address to send a message
> Street address Lets you tap a displayed street address to see its location
on the Maps app
> Edit Lets you edit the currently displayed contact information
> Send Message Lets you send a text message to a person’s mobile phone
or email address
> FaceTime Lets you start a FaceTime video chat with someone based on
their mobile phone number or email address
> Share Contact Lets you send the currently displayed contact information
to someone by email
> Add to Favorites Lets you add a person’s mobile phone number or email
address to the Favorites category of the FaceTime app
To find a particular name stored in the Contacts app, you can scroll up and
down your list of names. For a short list of names, this may be all you need, but if
you have more names than can appear on the screen, you can tap the index that
appears along the left side of the screen. Just tap a letter, such as D or T, to find all
last names that begin with D or T, respectively. You can even search your address
book if you just know part of someone’s name.
To view your contact information, follow these steps:
1. From the Home screen, tap Contacts. The Contacts screen appears, display-
ing the last name you viewed.
2. Scroll through your list of names on the left side of the screen. (You can flick
your finger to scroll quickly or slide your finger up or down slowly to scroll in
a more controlled manner.)
3. Tap a name. The information for your contact appears on the right side of
the screen (shown in Figure 25-1).
4. Tap the Search field. The virtual keyboard appears.
5. Type part of a name. As you type, a list of matching names appears.
6. Tap the name of the contact whose information you want to view.
Q NOTE: If you have organized your contacts into groups using the Address
Book program on a Mac, you can view those groups by tapping the red
Groups button (it looks like a red ribbon bookmark) that appears in the
upper-left corner of the screen. Then when you see a list of your different
groups, tap the group you want to view.
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