Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Owners Manual

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Section 4: Contacts and Accounts
This section explains how to manage contacts and accounts.
Accounts
Your device can synchronize with a variety of accounts. With 
synchronization, information on your device is updated with 
any information that changes in your accounts.
Facebook: Add your Facebook account to sync Contacts.
LinkedIn: Add your LinkedIn account to sync data with LinkedIn.
Twitter: Add your Twitter Social Network Service to sync and 
access your data.
Server: Add a server to sync and access your data.
Email: Add and Email account to sync Contacts. For more 
information, refer to 
“Email”  on page 71.
Google: Add your Google account to sync your Contacts, Calendar, 
and Gmail. For more information, refer to 
“Gmail”  on page 66.
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync: Add your Exchange account to 
sync Contacts, Calendar, and Email.
Samsung account: Add your Samsung account. For more 
information, refer to 
“Signing In to your Samsung Account”  
on page 204.
Setting Up Your Accounts
Set up and manage your synchronized accounts with the 
Accounts and sync setting.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔  Settings 
➔Accounts and sync.
2.To u c h  
 Add account, then touch the account type.
3.Follow the prompts to enter your account credentials to 
complete the set-up process.
4.The device communicates with account servers to set 
up your account. When complete, your account 
displays in the 
Manage accounts area of the Accounts 
and sync
 screen.
Contacts
Store contact information for your friends, family, and 
colleagues to quickly access information or to send a 
message.
To  a c c e s s  C o n t a c t s :
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔
Contacts. 
						

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Creating Contacts
1.From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔
Contacts ➔.
2.Touch Device or an account.
3.Touch the
 Photo ID to set up a photo to identify the 
contact.
: Choose a photo from the Gallery.
 Take picture: Display the Camera and take a photo of the 
contact.
4.Touch contact fields to display the keyboard and enter 
information:
Tip: Touch the screen and swipe up or down to display 
additional fields or touch 
Next on the keyboard to move to the next field.
: Enter a first name for the contact. Touch   to enter a 
Name prefix, First name, Middle name, Last name, and 
Name suffix.
 Phone: Enter a telephone number, then touch the   Label 
tab to choose a label from 
Mobile, Home, Work, Work Fax, 
Home Fax, Pager, Other, Custom to create a custom label, or 
Callback.
: Enter an email address, then touch the   Label tab 
to choose a label from 
Home, Work, Other, or Custom to 
create a custom label.
: Enter an address, then touch the   Label tab to 
choose a label from 
Home, Work, Other, or Custom to create 
a custom label.
 Events: Touch  to display an event label and field. Enter 
the event date, then touch the   Label tab to choose a label 
from 
Birthday, Anniversary, Other, or Custom to create a 
custom event. Touch 
 to add additional events.
 Groups: Touch this field to display the Select group screen. To 
assign the contact to one or more groups, touch the check box 
next to each group. When enabled, a check mark   
appears in the check box. For more information about Groups, 
see 
“Groups” on page 63. 
						

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Touch   to add additional fields.Touch   to remove an 
unused field.
6.Touch 
Add another field to add these additional fields: 
Phonetic name, Organization, IM, Notes, Nickname, 
Website
, Internet call, and Relationship.
7.Touch  
Back to remove the keyboard.
8.When you finish entering information, touch   
Save.
– or –
Touch  
Cancel ➔ OK to cancel and discard 
changes.
Tip: Display a contact’s record and touch the Email field to 
send an email, touch the 
Address field to display the 
address on a map, or touch the 
Website field to link to the website.
Updating Contacts
To update an existing contact:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch a contact in the Contacts list to view its 
information.
3.To u c h   
Menu ➔ Edit in portrait mode.
– or –
To u c h   
Edit in landscape mode.
4.Continue entering contact information. For more 
information, refer to “Creating Contacts”  on page 57.
Deleting Contacts
To delete a contact:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch a contact in the 
Contacts list to view its 
information, and then touch 
 Delete. At the prompt, 
touch 
OK. 
						

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Managing Photo IDs
To remove or update a contact’s Photo ID:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch  
Menu ➔ Edit in portrait mode.
– or –
Touch  
Edit in landscape mode.
3.Touch the Photo ID, then touch 
Remove, Picture, or Ta k e  
picture
.
Contacts Display Options
There are various ways to display your Contacts and general 
Contacts settings.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch 
Groups, Contacts, or Favorites, above the  
Contacts List, to view contacts various ways:
: Displays the possible Groups, such as Not assigned, 
Co-workers, Family, Friends, and so on. The number of 
contacts in the group is displayed next to the group name. 
Touch a group name to show only contacts in that group. For 
more information, refer to 
“Creating a New Group”  on 
page 63.
: Show all your contacts. Touch the Find contacts 
field and enter a keyword to list contacts that contain that 
keyword.
: Show only your favorite, or starred, contacts. For 
more information, refer to 
“Favorites”  on page 64.
3.From the Contacts list, touch  Menu to display all or 
some of these options:
 Delete contacts. Touch and check mark the box next to each 
contact you want to delete. Touch 
Delete and then touch OK.
 Merge with Google: Merges the current contact with your 
Google account contacts.
 Send email: Sends an email to the selected contact.
: Displays information about the selected contact.
: Make changes to update an existing contact. 
						

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 Join contact: Join a contact to one or more other contacts. For 
more information, refer to 
“Joining Contacts”  on page 61.
 Mark as default: If a contact has multiple email addresses, for 
example, touch the field that should be the default value.
 Share namecard via: Shares the selected namecard using 
Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, or through Wi-Fi Direct.
 Print namecard: Check mark the fields you want to print and 
then touch 
Print. You can only print on a Samsung printer.
 Contacts to display: Select the contacts you want to display in 
this inbox (All contacts, Google, Device, or Customized list).
: Use the USB cable to import your contacts 
from, or export your contacts to, a storage device, such as a 
PC. For more information, refer to 
“Importing and 
Exporting Contacts” 
 on page 62.
 Accounts: Displays the Accounts and sync screen so you can 
manage or synchronize this account.
: Configure contact settings:
–Only contacts with phones: Touch to check the box to only 
display contacts that have phone numbers.
–List by: List contacts by First name or Last name.
–Display contacts by: Display contact names as First name or 
Last name first.
–Send contact: Sets parameters for sending contact 
information:
- Send all namecards: Allows you to transmit all of your 
current Contact entries at a single time. If the recipient device 
does not support this feature, some or all Contact entries might 
not be received.
- Send individual namecards: Allows you to transmit single 
contacts, one at a time. The recipient must accept each 
namecard as it is received. This method of transmission ensures 
all contacts are received.
4.From the Groups list, select a group and then touch 
 Menu to display these Group-specific options:
: Search the group for a contact.
 Delete: Touch one or more groups and touch   Delete.
: Change the Group name or touch Add member to add or 
delete group members.
: Add a new member to this group.
 Remove member: Remove a selected member from this 
group. 
						

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: To send an email to one or more members of the 
group, touch and check mark the box next to each contact you 
want to send to, or touch 
Select all, and touch  Done. 
Touch 
Compose Email or Compose Gmail as the method for 
sending the email.
 Change order: Changes the order of how the groups display.
Linked Contacts
Your device can synchronize with multiple accounts, 
including Google, Corporate Exchange, and other email 
providers. When you synchronize contacts from these 
accounts with your device, you may have multiple contacts 
for one person.
Linking, or joining, imported contact records allows you to 
see all the contact’s numbers and addresses together in one 
contact entry. Linking also helps you keep your contacts 
updated, because any changes that your contacts make to 
their information in the respective accounts is automatically 
updated the next time you synchronize with the account.
Joining Contacts
1.From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch a contact in the 
Contacts list to view its 
information.
3.To u c h  
 Menu ➔ Join contact.
4.Touch the contact you want to Join.
The joined contact’s information is displayed with the 
original contact’s information.
5.Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to join other contacts.
Separating Contacts
1.From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch a contact in the 
Contacts list to view its 
information.
3.To u c h  
 Menu ➔ Separate contact.
A list of Joined contacts displays.
4.To u c h   ➔ 
OK to separate a joined contact.
The contact is removed from the list. 
						

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Sharing Contact Information
You can send a contact’s information by way of Bluetooth to 
other Bluetooth devices or in an Email or Gmail as an 
attachment.
Note: Not all Bluetooth devices accept contacts and not all 
devices support transfers of multiple contacts. Check 
the target device’s documentation.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch 
 Menu ➔ Share namecard via.
Tip: Set up a contact record for yourself to share your 
information with others.
3.At the prompt, choose a sending method. Options are:
 Bluetooth: For more information, refer to “Bluetooth”  on 
page 137.
: For more information, refer to “Email”  on page 71.
: For more information, refer to “Composing and 
Sending Gmail” 
 on page 69.
 Wi-Fi Direct: To send Contacts entries directly to an external 
device through a Wi-Fi connection
4.Follow the prompts to send the contact information.
Importing and Exporting Contacts
To back up and restore your contacts information, you can 
export your contacts list to a storage device, such as a PC, or 
import your contacts list (previously exported) from a storage 
device.
1.Use the USB cable to connect your device to the 
storage device.
2.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
3.To u c h
  Menu ➔ Import/Export.
4.To u c h  
Import from USB storage, Export to USB storage, 
Import from SD card
, Export to SD card, or Send 
namecard via
, then follow the prompts to complete the 
operation. 
						

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Groups
Assign contacts to Groups to make searching for contacts 
faster or to quickly send messages to group members.
Creating a New Group
Create a new group when you add or edit a contact.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch 
Groups above the Contacts List.
3.Touch .
4.Touch the 
Group name field and use the keyboard to enter a 
new Group name
.
5.Touch 
Add member to add a member to the group. For 
more information, refer to “Adding Group Members”  
on page 64.
6.Touch  
Save to save the new group name.
Tip: Contacts can belong to more than one group. Just touch the contact’s Groups field and touch each group.
Once you create a new group, the Contacts List can be set to 
display only the contacts in that group. For more information, 
refer to “Contacts Display Options”  on page 59.
Renaming a Group
To rename a group that you created:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.To u c h  
Groups and then touch the group you want to 
rename.
3.To u c h
  Menu ➔ Edit.
4.To u c h  t h e  
Group name field and use the keyboard to enter a 
new Group name
.
5.To u c h  
Add member to add a member to the group. For 
more information, refer to “Adding Group Members”  
on page 64.
6.To u c h   
Save to save the new group name.
Deleting Groups
To delete a group that you created:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.To u c h  
Groups and then touch any group you want to 
delete.
3.To u c h
  Menu ➔ Delete.
The groups that can be deleted display. 
						

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Select all, Starred in Android, or the name of 
each group to delete.
5.Touch  
Delete to delete the groups. Choose from 
Group only or Group and group members.
Adding Group Members
To add a contact to a group, just Edit a contact’s Group field. 
For more information, refer to “Updating Contacts”  on 
page 58.
To add multiple contacts to a group:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch 
Groups and then touch the group to which you 
want to add members.
3.To u c h
  Menu ➔ Add member.
The contacts that can be added display.
4.Touch 
Select all or the name of each contact to add.
5.Touch  Done to add the contacts to the group.
Removing Group Members
To remove contacts from a group:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.To u c h  
Groups and then touch the group from which you 
want to remove members.
3.To u c h
  Menu ➔ Remove member.
4.To u c h  
Select all or the name of each contact to remove.
5.To u c h   Done to remove the contacts.
Contacts are removed from the group and the group 
name is removed from each contact’s 
Group field.
Favorites
Mark contact records with a   gold star to identify them as 
favorites.
Adding Favorites
To add a contact to the Favorites list:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch a contact to display it. 
						

							653.Touch the   
Star next to the contact name so that it 
turns gold  .
Tip: You do not have to edit the contact to change the Starred status.
Accessing Favorites
You can view your favorites two ways for fast viewing or 
messaging.
To view your favorites list:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch 
Groups above the Contacts List and then touch 
Starred in Android.
– or –
Touch 
Favorites above the Contacts List.
Only your starred contacts display.
Removing Favorites
To remove one or more contacts from your favorites list:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.To u c h  
Favorites above the Contacts List.
3.To u c h
  Menu ➔ Remove from favorites.
4.To u c h  
Select all or the name of each contact to remove.
5.To u c h   Done to remove the contacts.
To remove one contact from your favorites list:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Contacts.
2.Touch a contact to display it.
3.To u c h  t h e    
Star next to the contact’s name so that it 
turns gray 
 to remove it from the Favorites list.