Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Tap the Groups button in the upper-left corner of the All Contacts screen and tap the appropri-
ate Exchange server name to find folks. Groups on your computer might reflect, say, different
departments in your company, friends from work, friends from school, and so on.
You can search a so-called LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
server. It strikes us that nothing is “lightweight” about something called an LDAP server, but
we digress. Similarly, if you have a CardDAV account, you can search for any contacts that
have been synced to the iPad.
Contacting and sharing your contacts
You can initiate an e-mail from within Contacts by tapping an e-mail address under a contact's list-
ings. Doing so fires up the Mail program, with the person's name already in the To field. For more
on the Mail app, we direct you to Chapter 5 .
You can also share a contact's profile with another person. Tap the Share Contact button (you may
have to scroll down to see it), and once again, the Mail program answers the call of duty. This time,
the contact's vCard is embedded in the body of a new Mail message. Just address the message and
send it on its merry way. A vCard is kind of like an electronic business card. You can identify it by
its .vcf file format.
Finally, you can tap a contact's snail-mail address to launch the Maps app and see it pinned to a map.
Linking contacts
The people you know most likely have contact entries in more than one account, meaning that you
might end up with redundant entries for the same person. The iPad solution is to link contacts. Find
the contact in question, tap Edit, scroll to the bottom of the Edit screen and tap Link Contact.
Choose the related contact entry and then tap Link. It's worth noting that the linked contacts in each
account remain separate and aren't merged.
Removing a contact
Hey, it happens. A person falls out of favor. Maybe he's a jilted lover. Or maybe you just moved
cross country and will no longer call on the services of your former gardener.
Removing a contact is easy, if unfortunate.
1. Tap a contact and then tap Edit.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the Edit screen and tap Delete Contact.
3. You get one more chance to change your mind.
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