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CHAPTER 7
Using Contacts
Contacts enables you to maintain names, addresses, phone numbers, and 
other information about your personal or business contacts. 
NOTECertain tasks are common among several handheld applications. For more 
information, see Chapter 4, “Working with Applications.”
To open Contacts: 
nPress the Contacts application button on the front panel of your handheld. 
Contacts opens to display the list of all your records.
TIPPress the Contacts application button repeatedly to cycle...

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To create a new contact:
1.Press the Contacts application button   on the front of your handheld to 
display the Contacts list.
2.Ta p  N e w.
3.Tap each field for which you have contact information and enter the 
information. The features described in the following table help streamline and 
organize contact data entry.
TIPTap the scroll arrows   to move to the next page of information. See 
“Options menus” later in this chapter for information on the custom fields that...

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4.After you finish entering information, tap Done.
TIPTo create a contact that always appears at the top of the Contacts list, begin the 
Last name or Company field with a symbol, as in *If Found Call*. This contact can 
contain contact information in case you lose your handheld. Birthday
To enter contact birthday information, do 
the following:
1.Tap in the box, use the left and right 
arrows to scroll to the year you want, 
and then tap to select the birth month 
and date (or tap...

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Displaying additional contact fields
The Contact Edit screen displays certain fields by default. You can customize the 
Contact Edit screen to display additional fields that you want.
If you display an additional field and leave it blank, the field is not displayed when 
you return to the Contact Edit screen. You must enter information into the field in 
order for it to continue to display on the Contact Edit screen.
To display additional contact fields:
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To select field types in a contact:
1.Tap the contact that you want to change. 
2.Tap Edit.
3.Tap the pick list next to the label you want to change. 
4.For phone numbers and e-mail addresses: Select a new label.
For IM accounts: Select the IM service you want to use, or select IM if you do 
not want to specify a service. You must set up an IM account with a service 
provider to use IM on your handheld. See “Making connections from Contacts” 
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Changing Contact details
The Contact Details dialog box provides a variety of options that you can associate 
with a contact. 
To open the Contact Details dialog box:
1.Tap the contact whose details you want to change.
TIPYou can also use the navigator to open a contact. See“Using the 
navigator” in Chapter 2 for instructions.
2.Tap Edit, and then tap Details.
3.Select any of the following settings:
Creating a business card
You can create a contact to contain your business...

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Quick Connect
If you have a compatible GSM mobile phone (sold separately) and you install the 
Telephony/SMS applications from the CD-ROM, you can use Quick Connect to 
select a contact and initiate a related task with one hand, using the navigator. You 
can also configure which application opens when you choose a specific Contacts 
record field, and whether to add a prefix to all phone numbers.
To use Quick Connect from a contact:
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To configure Quick Connect settings:
1.From the Quick Connect dialog box, tap Settings.
2.(Optional) Tap the Number Prefix check box, and then enter a prefix.
For example, to dial 1 before all phone numbers, select this check box and enter 
a “1” in this field. The prefix is not added to a number that begins with the “+” 
character.
3.Tap each of the pick lists and select the application you want to associate with 
that task.
4.Ta p  O K .
Tap-to-Connect
With Tap-to-Connect,...

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3.(Optional) Tap the number to edit it.
For example, you might want to add an area code, a 1, or a country code to a 
phone number.
Using Contacts menus
Contacts menu commands that are not explained elsewhere in this book are 
described here. See“Using menus” in Chapter 4 for information about selecting 
menu commands.
The Record and Options menus differ depending on whether you’re displaying the 
Contacts list screen or the Contacts Edit screen.
Record menus 
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Options menus
PreferencesOpens a dialog box where you can choose Contacts display 
options.
Remember Last Category. Determines how Contacts 
appears when you return to it from another application. If 
you select this check box, Contacts shows the last category 
you selected. If you deselect it, Contacts displays the 
All category.
Rename Custom 
FieldsThese custom fields appear at the end of the Contacts Edit 
screen. Rename them to identify the kind of information 
you enter...