Find People - Microsoft Surace RT User Manual

Add people
Here's how to add people from your existing contact lists and address books:
1. From the Start screen, tap or click People.
Settings charm
2. Open the
3. Tap or click Add an
4. Select the email or social networking account you want to add, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
You'll be asked to sign in with your account password, and you'll see exactly what info is going to be shared
between Microsoft and the account that you're adding. Wait a few minutes, and your contacts will start appearing
in the People app. Depending on the type of account, you might also see profile photos, status updates, and other
info.
Tips
To find out how to add contacts one at a time or add a contact from email, see

FAQs
on Windows.com.
If you have questions about linking contacts or changing which contacts you see, see

Windows: FAQs
Note As of January 30, 2013, Google no longer supports new EAS (Exchange ActiveSync) connections in some
scenarios so how you add contacts to the People app might change. For more info, see
services with Windows on Windows.com.

Find people

Once you've added people, there are lots of ways you can contact them or catch up on what they've been up to.
Search In the People app, open the

Jump to a letter of the alphabet

right to people whose names begin with that letter.
Pin them to Start

and then can go straight to their contact info and updates (see
Add them as a favorite

a person in People, then swipe down from the top edge and tap or click Favorite) .
Connect with people
Once you've found some of your people, you have several ways to reach out to them:
Send them an instant message or an email.
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, and then tap or click Accounts.
account.
on Windows.com.
Search charm
In People, zoom out to see just the alphabet. Select a letter to go
When you pin people to Start, you'll see their updates and Tweets as they happen,
Their pictures will be the first thing you see when you open People (tap or click
, and then type the person's name.
Pin a contact to
People app for Windows:
People app for
How to sync Google
Start).
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