Contacts App
You can use your iPad as a great digital address book, to keep names,
addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and more all in one place.
You can sync your Contacts app with other electronic devices too.
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Search your contacts by
typing a name or part
name here. Suggestions are
offered. You can also search
for other things on a contact
card, like your notes.2
Tap here to cancel a
search and list all your
contacts once more.3
The name and picture of
your currently open
contact. If you don’t have a
picture added, the person’s
initials are shown here in a
grey circle.4
Tap Edit to add, remove
or change information on
the contact card. You can add
things like birthdays, social
media addresses and more, as
well as further phone numbers,
street addresses, etc.5
These icons let you
communicate with your
contact directly from the
Contacts app. Tap an icon to
send a message, make a call,
make a video call or send an
email. If the icon is greyed,
that feature is unavailable.6
When you do a search,
suggestions are offered
as you type. Notice that the
search looks at details on the
card as well as the name.7
These are the details you
added to your contact
card. Tap one to use it, that is,
make a call by tapping a
phone number, send an email
by tapping an email address,
and so on.8
If you enter an address
into a contact card, a
preview from the Maps app is
shown. Tap it to open Maps,
with the location of that
address pinned.9
You can type anything
you like in the Notes
section of a contact card.
What you type here is then
searched by the search field
as well.10
Tap here to send a
message directly from
the Contacts app. A pop-up
asks what details you wish to
use to send it, then Messages
opens with a new message
ready to write and send to
your contact.11
You can share a contact
card with others by
tapping here.12
Tap here to share your
location with the person
on the contact card. You can
share where you are for an
hour, a day or indefinitely.Contacts in Focus
Active Contacts.
Your Contacts app does more than simply display
contact details. You can utilise these details directly
from the app. Tap an email address to send a mail, or
a message icon to send a message in Messages.26 http://www.bdmpublications.com ●^ ●^