Blackberry Curve 9310, 9315, 9320 User Guide

Contacts
How to: Contacts
Contact basics
Add a contact
Do one of the following:
 • To add a contact using the Contacts application, on the home screen, click the Contacts icon. At the top of the screen, 
click 
New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the  key > Save.
 • To add a contact from a message, call log, or webpage, highlight the contact name, number, or email address. Press 
the 
 key > Add to Contacts > Create New Contact. If necessary, add contact information. Press the  key > 
Save....

 • To copy contacts from your SIM card to your contact list, in the contact list, press the  key > SIM Phone Book. 
Press the 
 key > Copy All To Contacts.
 • To copy a contact from your contact list to your SIM Card, in the contact list, click a contact. Highlight a phone number. 
Press the 
 key > Copy to SIM Phone Book. Press the  key > Save.
Another option to backup your contacts is to use the BlackBerry Desktop Software. For more information, visit 
docs.blackberry.com to see the User Guide for...

 • To change a contact using information on your BlackBerry smartphone, such as information in an email or a calendar 
entry, highlight the information you want to add to a contact. Press the 
 key > Add to Contacts > Add to Existing 
Contact
. Click a contact. If necessary, add contact information. Press the  key > Save.
 • To delete a contact from your Contact list, on the home screen, click the Contacts icon. Highlight a contact. Press the 
 key > Delete.
Change or delete a SIM card contact
1.On the...

Attach a contact card to a message
You can attach a contact card to an email, a PIN message, or a text message.
1.When you are composing a message, press the  key > Attach > Contact. 
2.Find and highlight a contact.
3.Press the  key > Continue. 
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Add a contact picture for caller ID
1.On the home screen, click the Contacts icon.
2.Highlight a contact.
3.Press the  key > Edit. 4.Press the  key > Add Picture. 
5.Find, highlight, and click...

About categories
You can create categories to group your contacts, tasks, and memos. You can also narrow the contacts, tasks, and memos 
that appear based on categories.
Category names are not case sensitive. More than one category can apply to a contact, task, or memo. If you use IBM Lotus 
Notes
, you can apply more than one category to a task on your BlackBerry smartphone, but only one category synchronizes 
with the task in 
Lotus Notes.
Categories are shared between the contact list, the task list,...

In rare cases, if your smartphone doesn't recognize fields in a contact, calendar entry, or email account, some data or email can't be synchronized or reconciled.
If wireless data synchronization isn't available on your smartphone or if you turned off this feature, you can use the 
BlackBerry Desktop Software to synchronize your organizer data. For more information, see the Help in the BlackBerry 
Desktop Software
.
Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a backup...

About synchronization conflicts
A synchronization conflict occurs when you change the same email or organizer data item on your BlackBerry smartphone 
and in the email application on your computer.
If you reconcile your email using wireless email reconciliation, on your smartphone, you can set whether the email on your 
smartphone or the email on your computer takes precedence when an email reconciliation conflict occurs.
If you synchronize your organizer data using wireless data synchronization, the...

Change or delete a personal distribution list
1.On the home screen, click the Contacts icon.
2.Highlight a personal distribution list.
3.Press the  key. 
 • To change a personal distribution list, click Edit Group. Click a contact. Click Add Member, Change Member, or 
Delete Member. Press the  key > Save Group.
•To delete a personal distribution list, click Delete Group > Delete.
Note: When you delete a contact from a personal distribution list, the contact remains in your contact list.
Multiple contact...

Contact list options
Turn off the prompt that appears before you delete items
You can turn off the prompt that appears before you delete messages, call logs, contacts, calendar entries, tasks, memos, 
or passwords.
1.On the home screen, click the application icon for an application that prompts you before you delete items.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.If necessary, click General Options.
4.Clear the Confirm Delete checkbox.
5.Press the  key > Save. 
Change the display options for contacts
You can...

Change how contact names appear in Remote Lookup results
By default, when you search for a contact in your organization's contact list, the contact's display name will appear in the search results. You can choose to display a contact's first and last names instead.
1.On the home screen, click the Contacts icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.Click Contact Display and Actions.
4.Clear the Show Display Name checkbox.
5.Press the  key > Save. 
Store SIM card contacts on your wireless service...