People: Add Contacts; Skype: Add Contacts; Skydrive: Your Personal Cloud - Microsoft Surface Pro User Manual

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People: Add contacts

The People app is your universal address book. See contacts from all of your address books in one
place, and get the latest updates from your friends. Also, sync contacts from the social networks you
care about, like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Get in touch with someone by sending email, calling,
or posting to social media directly from the People app.
Here's how to add contacts from your accounts:
1. Tap or click
People
2. Open the Settings charm, tap or click
3. Choose the type of account you want to add and then follow the instructions.
For more info, see
People

Skype: Add contacts

With Skype calls and chat, you can stay in touch with anyone, on almost any device, for free. Once
you've added your friends, you can make Skype calls and send instant messages. Here's how to get
started using Skype:
1. On the Start screen, tap or click Skype.
2. Sign in with your Microsoft account and your Messenger friends will be automatically added to your
existing list of contacts. If you already have a Skype account, you can merge it with your Microsoft
account by following the on-screen instructions.
3. Add your contacts. To find out how, see
Included with your Surface Pro 2 purchase: One year of free voice calling to landlines in over 60 countries, and
free
Skype WiFi
at over 2 million hotspots worldwide. To activate your free Skype experience, use the code
included in your Surface Pro 2 packaging.

SkyDrive: Your personal cloud

SkyDrive is online storage that comes with your Microsoft account. It's like an extra hard drive that's
available from any of the devices you use. When you save your documents, photos, and other files on
SkyDrive, they're available from any web-connected device (for example, your phone or any
computer). SkyDrive is also a great way to share files with other people.
Included with your Surface Pro 2 purchase: 200GB of free SkyDrive storage, for two years. To activate your free
SkyDrive storage, just use the code included in your Surface Pro 2 packaging.
To learn more, see
SkyDrive
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