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Contacts

How to: Contacts

Contact basics
Add a contact
Do one of the following:
• To add a contact using the Contacts application, on the Home screen, click the Contacts icon. At the top of the screen,
click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the
• To add a contact from a message, call log, or webpage, highlight the contact name, number, or email address. Press the
key > Add to Contacts > Create New Contact. If necessary, add contact information. Press the
Create a custom contact field
Custom contact fields can store information that you want to remember about a contact, for example, you might want to add a
custom contact field named Sports team or Favorite color. If you create a custom field for a contact, the field appears for all
your contacts.
1. When you are adding or changing a contact, in the Custom Fields section, click Add Custom Field.
2. Click a field.
3. Press the key > Change Field Name.
4. To change the name of the field, place the cursor in the field. Press the
the field. Press the
5. Type the information that you want to add to the custom field.
6. Press the
key > Save.
You can synchronize contact fields that you customize on your BlackBerry® smartphone with the email application on your
computer. For more information about synchronizing contact fields, see the Help in the BlackBerry® Desktop Software.
Add a pause or a wait to a phone number
Use a pause or a wait to separate additional numbers, for example a password or extension, from a main phone number. After
dialing the main phone number, your BlackBerry® smartphone either pauses before dialing the additional numbers (pause) or
prompts you to type them (wait).
1. After you type the main part of a phone number in a phone number field, press the
2. Click Add Pause or Add Wait.
3. Type the additional numbers.
4. Press the
key > Save.
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key on the keyboard.
key > Save.
key > Change Field Name. Type a name for
key.
key > Save.