Sharing A Contact - Blackberry dummies 2 Manual

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Part II: Getting Organized and Online with Your Storm
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Sharing a Contact

Options. Despite the Contacts Options screen's simplicity, it provides you
with three important options that change the behavior of Contacts:
✓ Sort By: Changes the way the list is sorted. You can use First Name,
Last Name, or Company. Touch-press the field to view and select one of
the possible choices. Remember that guy from ABC Company? You can
use the Sort By option to sort by Company. Then all contacts from ABC
Company would be listed next to one another, and with any luck, the
guy's name will jump out at you. Choices you have are First Name (the
default), Last Name and Company.
✓ Separators: Allows you to change the dividers on the contacts list. It's
purely aesthetics, but check it out; you might like the stripes.
✓ Allow Duplicate Names: Self-explanatory. If you turn this on, you can
have multiple people in your Contacts who happen to have the same
name. If you disable this option, you get a warning when you try to add a
name that matches one already on your list. Maybe you're just tired and
mistakenly try to add the same person twice to your list. Then again,
sometimes people just have the same name. We recommend keeping the
default value of Yes, allowing you to have contacts with the same names.
✓ Confirm Delete: Displays a confirmation screen for all contact deletions.
Always keep this feature turned on for normal usage. Because there are
many ways you could delete someone from your contacts, this feature is
a good way of minimizing accidents.
Suppose that you want to share your contact information with a friend who
also has a BlackBerry. A vCard — virtual (business) card — is your answer