Alcatel OneTouch Pop Astro 5042T User Manual page 25

3.5.5 Communicating with your contacts
From the contacts list, you can communicate with your contacts by making a call or exchanging
messages.
To launch a call to a contact, touch the contact to enter the detail screen, then touch the number.
To send a message to a contact, touch the contact to enter the detail screen, then touch the icon
on the right side of the number.
Using Contact screen
Touch a contact's name to open Contact screen, then you can touch the number or the icon
the way you want to connect.
The icons available on Contacts screen depend on the information you have for the contact and the
applications and accounts on your phone.
3.5.6 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing
This phone enables you to import contacts from SIM/microSD/Gmail & Fackbook account card and
export contacts to a microSD card which can then be used to back up your information.
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From Contacts screen, touch the Menu key to open options menu, touch Import/export, then select
Phone, SD Card, Phone Storage, account.
To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card or account, choose a target storage device, select
the contact you want to import/export, touch OK to confirm.
To import/export all contacts from/to SIM card, choose an account and target SIM card(s), select ALL,
touch OK to confirm.
You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the contact's vCard to them via
Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.
Touch a contact you want to share, touch the Menu key and Share from contact details screen, then
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select the application to perform this action.
3.5.7 Displaying contacts
You can configure which group of contacts, for each account, you want to display in the Contacts list.
Touch the Menu key and touch Contacts to display from contacts list screen, then you can choose
contacts to display.
Touch the Menu key and Settings, you can sort list by first or last name, as well as view contact names
by Given name or Family name.
3.5.8 Joining/Separating contacts
To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to existing contacts in a single action.
Touch the contact which you want to add information to, touch the Menu key and touch Edit, then
touch the Menu key again and touch Join.
At this time, you are required to select the contact whose information you want to join with the first
contact. The information from the second contact is added to the first one, and the second contact will
no longer be displayed in the Contacts list.
To separate contact information, touch the contact whose information you want to separate, touch the
Menu key and touch Edit, then touch the Menu key again and touch Separate, touch OK to confirm.
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