How To Use Contacts On Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

How To Use Contacts On Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
How To Use Contacts On Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

Store contact information for your friends, family, and colleagues to quickly access information or to send a message on your Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.

To access Contacts:

  • From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts.

Creating Contacts on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

  • From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts > + add icon.
  • Touch Device or an account.
  • Touch the Photo ID to set up a photo to identify the contact.
    • Picture: Choose a photo from the Gallery.
    • Take picture: Display the Camera and take a photo of the contact.
  • Touch contact fields to display the keyboard and enter information:

Note: Touch the screen and swipe up or down to display additional fields or touch Next on the keyboard to move to the next field.

  • Name: Enter a first name for the contact. Touch to enter a Name prefix, First name, Middle name, Last name, and Name suffix.
  • Phone: Enter a telephone number, and then touch the Label tab to choose a label from Mobile, Home, Work, Work Fax, Home Fax, Pager, Other, Custom to create a custom label, or Callback.
  • Email: Enter an email address, and then touch the Label tab to choose a label from Home, Work, Other, or Custom to create a custom label.
  • Address: Enter an address, and then touch the Label tab to choose a label from Home, Work, Other, or Custom to create a custom label.
  • Events: Touch + add icon to display an event label and field. Enter the event date, and then touch the Label tab to choose a label from Birthday, Anniversary, Other, or Custom to create a custom event. Touch + add icon to add additional events.
  • Groups: Touch this field to display the Select group screen. To assign the contact to one or more groups, touch the check box next to each group. When enabled, a check mark appears in the check box.
  • Touch + add icon to add additional fields. Touch minusicon to remove an unused field.
  • Touch Add another field to add these additional fields:
  • Phonetic name, Organization, IM, Notes, Nickname, Website, Internet call, and Relationship.
  • Touch Back to remove the keyboard.
  • When you finish entering information, touch Save.

or

  • Touch Cancel > OK to cancel and discard changes.

Note: Display a contacts record and touch the Email field to send an email, touch the Address field to display the address on a map, or touch the Website field to link to the website.

Updating Contacts on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

To update an existing contact:

  • From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts.
  • Touch a contact in the Contacts list to view its information.
  • Touch Menu > Edit in portrait mode.

or

  • Touch Edit in landscape mode.
  • Continue entering contact information.

Deleting Contacts on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

To delete a contact:

  • From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts.
  • Touch a contact in the Contacts list to view its information, and then touch Delete. At the prompt, touch OK.

Managing Photo IDs on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

To remove or update a contacts Photo ID:

  • From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts.
  • Touch Menu > Edit in portrait mode.

or

  • Touch Edit in landscape mode.
  • Touch the Photo ID, then touch Remove, Picture, or Take picture.

Note

This article will work on both Samsung Galaxy Tabs; including Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1.

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