Nokia Lumia 800 User Guide

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Contacts

You can save and organise your friends' phone numbers, addresses, and other contact information in the People hub. You can also get in touch with your friends through social networking services.

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Add a new contact

Keep your friends with you. Save their phone numbers, addresses, and other info to the People hub.

Tap people icon People , and swipe to all .

  1. Tap plus icon > new contact .

  2. If you're signed in to several accounts, tap the account to which the contact is linked.

  3. Tap a contact detail, fill in the boxes, and tap save icon .

  4. When you have added the details, tap save icon .

Edit a contact

Tap the contact and edit icon , and edit or add details.

Delete a contact

Tap the contact and options icon > delete .

The contact is deleted both from your phone and, with some exceptions such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, from the online service where it's stored.

The contact is deleted both from your phone and, with some exceptions, from the online service where it's stored.

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Save a number from a received call

Have you received a call from a person whose phone number is not yet saved in the People hub? You can easily save the number in a new or existing contact list entry.

  1. Tap phone icon .

  2. In the call history list, tap a phone number and save icon .

  3. Tap plus icon , edit the phone number and phone number type, and tap save icon .

  4. Edit other contact details, including the name, and tap save icon .

Save a number from a received message

Have you received a message from a person whose phone number is not yet saved in the People hub? You can easily save the number in a new or existing contact list entry.

  1. Tap messaging icon Messaging .

  2. In the conversations list, tap a conversation.

  3. At the top of the conversation screen, tap the phone number and save icon .

  4. Tap plus icon , edit the phone number and phone number type, and tap save icon .

  5. Edit other contact details, including the name, and tap save icon .

Search for a contact

Need to contact your friends quickly? Rather than scrolling through all your contacts, you can search, or jump to a letter or character in the contacts list.

  1. Tap people icon People , and swipe to all .

  2. Tap search icon , and start writing a name. The list filters as you write.

    Tip:

    Pin your most important contacts or contact groups to the start screen. Tap and hold a contact, and tap pin to Start .

Jump to a letter or character in your contacts list

Tap any letter in the contacts list on the left, and in the following menu, tap the first letter or character for the name you want. You jump directly to that point in your contacts list.

Filter your contacts list

Tap options icon > settings > filter my contact list , and tap the check boxes of the accounts from which you want contacts to show.

Link contacts

Do you have separate entries for the same contact from different social networking services or mail accounts? You can link multiple contacts so that their info is in a single contact card.

Tap people icon People , and swipe to all .

  1. Tap the main contact you want to link to and link icon .

  2. Tap choose a contact and the contact to be linked.

Unlink a contact

Tap the main contact and unlink icon , and tap the contact to be unlinked and unlink .

Copy contacts from a SIM card

If you have contacts stored on your SIM card, you can copy them to your phone.

  1. Tap people icon People .

  2. Tap options icon > settings > import SIM contacts .

Create, edit, or delete a contact group

You can create contact groups, and send a message to several people at the same time. For example, you can add family members to the same group and reach them quickly with the same message.

Tap people icon People , and swipe to all .

  1. Tap plus icon > new group .

  2. Write a name for the group.

  3. Tap add a contact and a contact. To add another contact, tap add a contact again.

  4. Tap save icon .

Edit a contact group

Tap the group and edit icon .

Rename a group

Tap the group name, and write the new name.

Add a new group contact

Tap add a contact and a contact.

Remove a contact from a group

Tap the contact and remove from group > Remove .

Change the preferred contact info for a contact

Tap the group and edit icon , change the info you want, and tap save icon .

Delete a contact group

Tap the group and options icon > delete .

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