This page describes how to create a contact.

You can add a contact to your Address Book by starting from scratch; or by duplicating an existing contact's information, then editing it.

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press MENU then select New Contact [ N]. The New Contact Identity dialog box opens.
   

The Identity screen holds basic contact information, including a pop-up menu of icons you can assign to the contact as well as a photo ID from one of your photo albums. Complete at least one of the fields, then select DONE .

1. The full Contact Details screen appears.
   
   From this screen you can:
   
   • select the contact category ("Adventurers" in the example above)
   • add phone numbers (up to ten)
   • add email addresses (up to five)
   • add instant messaging names (up to five)
   • add Web addresses, or URLs (up to three)
   • add street addresses (up to three)
   • add a note
   To add information, roll the TRACKBALL to highlight the appropriate button, and press. A screen opens in which you can add the information. For example, the following illustration is of the Phone Number screen:
   
2. Add contact information to each screen, then select DONE . Continue through the Contacts screen until you have added all the information you wish.

Note: Before you can save the contact information, you must have provided one of the following pieces of information:

1. • First or Last name
   • Phone Number
   • Email address
   • Company name
2. To save all the pieces of information you've added to the contact screen, press DONE .

Tip: If you cannot select DONE from the menu because it is dimmed, then you must return to the contact screen and add one of the required pieces of information listed above. To cancel adding the new contact, press MENU then select Discard Contact .

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