Using Contacts; Linking Contacts - Samsung Galaxy S III mini User Manual

Using Contacts

Dialing or Messaging from Contacts
Call contacts quickly by either using their phone number or
by using the Search field to locate a contact entry.
You can also send messages from Contacts.
Finding a Contact
To find a contact entry:
1. Touch Contacts.
2. Within the Contacts list (sorted alphabetically), touch a
letter on the right side of the display to quickly jump to
the contacts beginning with that letter.
3. Touch the contact you want to call or message.
4. To make a phone call, touch the phone icon
– or –
To send a message, touch the message icon
For more information, refer to "Creating and Sending
Messages" on page 78.
Tip: From the Contact list, swipe right over a listing to make a
call. Swipe left over a listing to send a message.

Linking Contacts

Linking Contact Information
Your phone can synchronize with multiple accounts,
including Google, Corporate, and other providers, plus social
networking sites like Facebook. When you synchronize
contacts from these accounts with your phone, you may have
multiple contacts for one person.
Linking contact records allows you to see all the contact's
numbers and addresses together. Linking also helps you
keep your contacts updated because any changes to
information in the respective accounts is automatically
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updated the next time you synchronize with the account.
The next time you synchronize your phone with your
accounts, any updates that contacts make to email account
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names, email addresses, and so on, automatically update in
your contacts list.
For more information about synchronizing accounts, see
"Synchronizing Accounts" on page 46.
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