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Contact basics
Add a contact
Do one of the following:
• To add a contact using the Contacts application, on the Home screen, click the Contacts icon. At the top of the screen,
click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the key > Save.
• To add a contact from a message, call log or webpage, highlight the contact name, number or email address. Press the
key > Add to Contacts > Create New Contact. If necessary, add contact information. Press the key > Save.
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Create a custom contact field
Custom contact fields can store information that you want to remember about a contact, for example, you might want to add a
custom contact field named Sports team or Favourite colour. If you create a custom field for a contact, the field appears for all
of your contacts.
1. When you are adding or changing a contact, in the Custom Fields section, click Add Custom Field.
2. Click a field.
3. Press the key > Change Field Name.
4. To change the name of the field, place the cursor in the field. Press the key > Change Field Name. Type a name for
the field. Press the key on the keyboard.
5. Type the information that you want to add to the custom field.
6.
Press the key > Save.
You can synchronise contact fields that you customise on your BlackBerry® smartphone with the email application on your
computer. For more information about synchronising contact fields, see the Help in the BlackBerry® Desktop Software.
Add a pause or a wait to a phone number
Use a pause or a wait to separate additional numbers, for example a password or extension, from a main phone number. After
dialling the main phone number, your BlackBerry® smartphone either pauses before dialling the additional numbers (pause) or
prompts you to type them (wait).
1. After you type the main part of a phone number in a phone number field, press the key.
2. Click Add Pause or Add Wait.
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