Samsung Gusto 3 User Guide

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Section 5: Understanding Your Contacts
This section allows you to manage your daily contacts by 
saving information in Contacts.
Contacts provides access to powerful features such as 
Groups, creating and sending vCards, and viewing the phone 
number assigned to your phone by Verizon Wireless.
To access Contacts List for quick access to most functions:
  From the Home screen, press the Right Soft Key 
Contacts.
To access Contacts for all contacts-related functions:
  From the Home screen, press...

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Adding a New Contact from the Keypad
Enter a telephone number with the external keypad, and then 
save it.
1.From the Home screen, use the keypad to enter the 
telephone number.
2.Press the Left Soft Key  Save ➔ Add New Contact.
3.Use the   Directional Key to highlight Mobile 1, 
Mobile 2, Home, Business or Fax, and then press 
.
4.Enter a name for the contact in the Name field.
5.Continue adding information to fields, or press 
SAVE.
Adding a New Contact from Recent...

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Erasing Contacts
1.From the Home screen, press the Right Soft Key 
Contacts.
2.Press the Right Soft Key  Option ➔ Contacts ➔ 
Erase.
3.Find a contact, by pressing the   Directional Key to 
browse contacts, or see “Finding a Contact” on 
page 40. 
4.Use the Directional Key to highlight the contact, and 
then press   MARK to mark it for erasure, or press 
the Right Soft Key  Mark All to mark all contacts.
5.Press the Left Soft Key  Done. At the prompt, 
highlight Ye s to confirm the erasure, and then...

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Editing a Contact from the Keypad
Enter a telephone number with the keypad, and then save it 
to an existing contact.
1.From the Home screen, use the external keypad to 
enter the telephone number.
2.Press the Left Soft Key  Save ➔ Update Existing.
3.Find a contact, by pressing the   Directional Key to 
browse contacts, or see “Finding a Contact” on 
page 40. Use the Directional Key to highlight the 
contact, and then press   OK.
4.Use the Directional Key to highlight...

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Managing Contacts
Use Manage Contacts to perform actions such as erasing, 
locking, or unlocking, on multiple contacts at one time.
1.From the Home screen, press the Right Soft Key 
Contacts.
2.Press the Right Soft Key  Options ➔ 
Manage Contacts.
3.Choose an option:
: Mark multiple contact(s) for deletion.
: Mark multiple contact(s) to lock. Locked contacts 
cannot be deleted.
: Mark multiple contact(s) to unlock.
4.Find a contact by pressing the   Directional Key to 
browse contacts or see “Finding...

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Finding a Contact
1.From the Home screen, press the Right Soft Key 
Contacts. The Contacts List displays, with the 
cursor in the Go To field.
2.In the Go To field, enter the first few characters of the 
Contact name to see matching entries.
3.Use the   Directional Key to highlight a contact, 
and then use these options:
Press   to call the contact.
Press  VIEW to open the contact entry.
Press the Left Soft Key  Edit to edit the contact 
entry.
Press the Right Soft...

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Groups
You can assign Contact entries to categories, called Groups, 
to make searching your contacts faster, or to quickly send 
messages to group members.
Creating a New Group
In addition to the default groups, you can create additional 
groups.
1.From the Home screen, press the Left Soft Key 
Menu ➔  Contacts  ➔ Groups. 
2.Press the Left Soft Key  New. 
3.At the NEW GROUP screen, enter a name of up to 32 
characters for the new group in the “Enter Name” 
field. For more information, see “Entering...

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Changing a Contact’s Group Assignment
Edit a contact’s Group field to change the group assignment.
1.From the Home screen, press the Left Soft Key 
Menu ➔  Contacts  ➔ Contact List. 
2.Use the   Directional Key to highlight a contact, 
and then press the Left Soft Key  Edit.
3.Use the Directional Key to highlight the Group field, 
and then press the Left Soft Key  Edit.
4.Use the Directional Key to highlight groups, and then 
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Speed Dials
Speed Dials are 1-, 2- or 3-digit shortcuts you assign to 
contacts, to allow you to quickly call the contact.
Note: Some Speed Dials are reserved by default. 211, 311, 
611, and 911 cannot be assigned.
The following Speed Dials are reserved by default:
1 is reserved for Voicemail.
96 is reserved for Data Usage inquiries (#DATA).
97 is reserved for Balance inquiries (#BAL)
98 is reserved for Minute Usage (#MIN)
99 is reserved for Payment information (#PMT).
211 is reserved for health and...

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Emergency Contacts
Set up to 3 emergency contacts, plus enter personal 
information that may be helpful to others using your phone in 
an emergency.
Tip: Emergency contacts display in red in the Contacts List.
Assigning Emergency Contacts
1.From the Home screen, press the Left Soft Key 
Menu ➔  Contacts ➔ In Case of Emergency.
2.Use the   Directional Key to highlight Contact 1, 
Contact 2, or Contact 3, and then press   ADD. 
3.In the ADD CONTACT screen, use the...