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4. Edit the contact details, and tap .

Search for a contact

If you need to contact a friend quickly, you don’t have to scroll through all your contacts. You

can search or jump to a letter or character in the contacts list. You can also use a voice

command to call or send a message to a contact.

1. Tap People > CONTACTS.

2. Tap Search, 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.

Use Cortana to call or send a message

In any view, tap and hold the search key , and say Call or Text and the contact's name.

Link contacts

If you have separate entries for the same contact from different social networking services or

email accounts, you can link them into a single contact card.

Tap People > CONTACTS.

1. Select the contact you want to link to, and tap .

2. Tap Select a contact to link and the contact to be linked.

Unlink a contact

Select the contact you want to unlink, and tap . Then select the contact you want to unlink

from, and tap Unlink.

Create, edit, or delete a contact group

You can create contact groups to send a message to several people at the same time, or to

see social updates from just group members. For example, you can add family members to

the same group and reach them quickly with the same message.

1. Tap People > GROUPS > .

2. Write a name for the group, and tap .

3. Tap > Add Member and a contact. To add another contact, tap Add Member

again.

Tip: To quickly add multiple contacts to the group, tap and the checkboxes next to

contacts’ names.

4. Tap .

Add a new group contact

Tap People > GROUPS. Tap the group, and tap > Add Member and a contact.