GPE-Contacts Brief Overview
Section 1 - Creating a New contact
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The contacts aplication is located in the home screen in GPE. To open the aplication tap on it.
Figure 1.1 Home Screen
To create a new contact tap on the blank page icon.
Figure 1.2 Contacts Main Screen
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Under the personal tab you can enter the contacts name, summary, birthday, an image of the contact, and any categories the contact may fall under (See Section 3 for creating categories). Tap in the area and enter your information using an input method, such as the on screen keyboard.
Figure 1.3 Edit Contact
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To add the contacts birthday tap on the calendar icon and use the directional arrows to select the month and year. Tap on the day to display the date in the birthday section.
Figure 1.4 Date Selection
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Under the location tab you can enter many means of contacting the person, such as E-mail or mobile phone. Use the scroll bar on the right to enter in work information below the home information.
Figure 1.5 Locations Tab
Under the notes tab you can add whatever you like about the contact, in this example his wife's name.
Figure 1.6 Notes Tab
Section 2 - Finding your contact in the listings
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To find your contact in the listing tap in the first letter of the first name. Then tap on your contacts name to view the information in contact information at the bottom of the program.
Figure 2.1 Finding Contacts
Section 3 - Program Configuration
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The program configuration menu can be found by tapping the page with a wrench on it at the top of the application. You can then:
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Create a new tab in the contact creation form like the location or notes category
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Create a new group for that selected tab
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Create a new field of input for the selected tab
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Delete the selected tab/field
Under the Categories tab you can create a category for your contact to fall under, as mentioned in Section 1.
Figure 3.1 Edit Layout
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Here you can add a field to view when you tap on the contacts name under the listing. To select a field tap on the down arrow and then on the category. After you have named your field, tap the add button. This will now show up in the Contact box as seen in Figure 3.3.
Figure 3.2 Edit Setup
Figure 3.3 End result
