April 2022
Beginner to intermediate
448 pages
8h 22m
English
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Chapter 7
Managing Contacts
IN THIS CHAPTER
Add, share, and delete contacts
Sync contacts with iCloud
Add information to contacts
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 the iPad’s Maps app. You can use your contacts to address email, 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:
- Tap the Contacts ...
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