117Joining Contact InformationMost people now maintain multiple email accounts, socialnetworking logins, and other similar account information. Forexample, a Facebook account login name might differ from acorporate email account login because they are maintainedseparately and for different groups of people.This device can synchronize with multiple accounts. Whenyou synchronize your phone with those accounts, eachaccount creates a separate contact entry in the Contacts list.If one of your contacts (Amy Smith) has a regular emailaccount that you maintain in Gmail, but also has a Facebookaccount under her maiden and married name, as well as aVideo! chat account, when you merge those accounts intoyour Contacts list you can join all of her entries and view theinformation in one record.Joining contact information makes sending messages easy.You can select any account email address or information allfrom one screen, versus searching multiple, individualscreens to locate the desired account information.Next time you synchronize your phone with your accounts,any updates contacts make to email account names, emailaddresses, etc. automatically update in your contacts list.1. From the Home screen, tap .2. Tap a contact name (the name you want to link toanother entry) to reveal the Contact entry’s OverviewScreen.Note: Typically this is the same contact with a different nameor account information.3. Press and then tap Join contact.4. Tap the second contact entry (the entry in which tolink). The second contact is now linked with the firstand the account information is merged into one screen.Note: The information is still maintained in both entries, butdisplays in one record for easier viewing when you linkthe contacts.
