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iPad For Seniors For Dummies, 11th Edition
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iPad For Seniors For Dummies, 11th Edition

by Dwight Spivey
December 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
416 pages
7h 44m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 8

Managing Contacts

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Add, share, and delete contacts

Bullet Sync contacts with iCloud

Bullet Add info to contacts

Bullet Delete contacts

The Contacts app is the iPad equivalent of the dog-eared address book that used to sit by your phone. This app is simple to set up and use, and it has some powerful features beyond simply storing names, addresses, and phone numbers.

For example, you can pinpoint a contact’s address in iPad’s Maps app. You can use your contacts to address email and Facebook messages and Twitter tweets quickly. If you store a contact record that includes a website, you can use a link in Contacts to view that website instantly. In addition, of course, you can easily search for a contact by a variety of criteria, including how people are related to you, such as family or mutual friends, or by groups you create.

In this chapter, you discover the various features of Contacts, including how to save yourself time spent entering contact information by syncing contacts with such services as iCloud.

Add a Contact

To add a contact to Contacts:

  1. Tap the Contacts icon on ...
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