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My New iPhone
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My New iPhone

by Wallace Wang
July 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
464 pages
11h
English
No Starch Press
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Customizing the Contacts Application

By default, the Contacts program displays each contact's first name followed by the last name. However, you can switch this order if you want. When sorting names, the Contacts program sorts according to the contact's last name followed by the first name. If you'd rather sort by first name, you can switch this around, too.

The sort order determines how your iPhone arranges names. So if you choose Last, First as your sort order, all your names appear sorted alphabetically by last name.

The display order determines how your iPhone actually displays names. So if you choose Last, First as your display order, all your names appear with the last name first such as Smith, John.

To change the sort and/or display order, ...

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