iPad For Seniors For Dummies, 2023-2024 Edition

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 or Rolodex 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.

Onscreen context enables you to make requests of Siri while viewing a specific contact. Siri will carry out the request for the contact you’re viewing, without the need to reference the person.

In this chapter, you discover the various ...