Android 2.3 User Manual
Contacts
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Joining contacts
When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by exchanging
emails, Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining any new contact information
with existing contacts under a single entry. You can also join contacts manually.
emails, Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining any new contact information
with existing contacts under a single entry. You can also join contacts manually.
You can also use Contacts on the web to eliminate duplicate entries, with the
Find &
merge duplicates command in the More actions menu (see Contacts on the
web for more information).
web for more information).
Join contacts
1
Open your contacts or favorites.
2
Touch the contact entry to which you want to add information.
This is the contact you will see in Contacts after the join.
3
Press Menu
and touch
Edit contact.
4
Press Menu
and touch
Join.
Likely contacts are displayed at the top of the screen. You can touch Show all
contacts to pick a contact from your full list of contacts.
contacts to pick a contact from your full list of contacts.
5
Touch the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact.
The information from the second contact is added to the first contact, and the
second contact is no longer displayed in the Contacts list.
second contact is no longer displayed in the Contacts list.
See “Editing contact details” on page 117 for details about how to view where a
contact’s information came from, including automatic and manually joined
contact’s information came from, including automatic and manually joined
Touch the contact whose information
you want to join.
you want to join.