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Office 365 (iOS) - Create a Contact
This document contains instructions on using a non-Microsoft email client, such as Apple Mail or Thunderbird. Microsoft does not recommend these clients for use with Office 365, and there are often significant limitations in client functionality as a result. Because of this, the DoIT Help Desk is only able to offer best effort support for these clients, and certain issues may require the use of a Microsoft client in order to be resolved. For more information on Office 365 client support, please see: Office 365 - Which clients/protocols will be supported?.Best Effort Support Only
The following document explains how to create a new contact using an iOS device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch). Contacts can be as basic as a name and email address, or include additional detailed information such as street address, multiple phone numbers, a picture, birthdays, and any other information that relates to the contact.
Note: This will save the contacts onto your local device; it will not sync the contacts you create with your account online.
There are several different places from which to add a contact to use when composing messages. You can also configure the iOS Calendar application to work with the UW Directory Search. Directions for doing so can be found here: Directory Search (iOS) - Configuring iPad for White Pages and here: Directory Search (iOS) - Configuring iPhone/iPod Touch for White Pages.
Once you've saved someone as a contact, you can type the first few letters of their name into an email or calendar invitation, and Outlook will fill in their email address for you. Or with a few clicks, you can call that person without ever having to look up their phone number.
From an Email
- Click Mail.
- Locate an email the user you'd like to save as a contact to your phone has sent you.
- Click on their name.
- Click Create New Contact or Add to Existing Contact if the user already exists in your phone.
- If you'd like to add other contact information, do so. Once finished, click Done in the top right corner.
From Within the Body of an Email
- Click Mail.
- Locate the message that contains the contact information you'd like to save.
- Tap and hold the email address, phone number, or other contact information you'd like to add.
Note: This will only work if the Mail program has detected the contact information as such. It will appear underlined like a link. - Select Create New Contact from the menu that comes up or Add to Existing Contact if the user already exists in your phone.
- If you'd like to add other contact information, do so. Once finished, click Done in the top right corner.
From your Contacts
- Click Phone.
- At the bottom of the screen, click on Contacts. There is a small symbol above it that looks like a mini portrait.
- Click the + sign in the top right corner.
- Type in their name where provided and enter in their contact information below.
- Once complete, click Done in the top right corner.