iPad All-in-One For Dummies, 7th Edition

Chapter 5

Managing Contacts

In This Chapter

Adding contacts

Syncing contacts with iCloud

Adding social media info

Specifying related people

Adding a ringtone and photo to a contact

Sharing contacts

Using Maps to view a contact’s location

Deleting a contact

Contacts is the iPad equivalent of the address book on your cellphone. In fact, if you own an iPhone, it’s similar to your Contacts app. The Contacts app on iPad is simple to set up and use, and it has some powerful little features beyond simply storing names, addresses, and phone numbers.

For example, you can pinpoint a contact’s address in the iPad Maps application. You can use your contacts to quickly address emails, messages, ...