3. tap each field for which you have contact information and enter the information. the features described in the following table help streamline and organize contact data entry.
field name feature
all fields except numeric and e-mail fields the handheld automatically capitalizes the first letter of each field you do not have to use the graffiti?2 capital stroke to capitalize the first letter of the name.
title, company, city, and state text appears for the first logical match that exists in your contacts list. as you enter more letters, a closer match appears. for example, you may already have sacramento and san francisco in your contacts list. as you enter s, sacramento appears, and as you continue entering a and n, san francisco replaces sacramento. as soon as the word you want appears, tap the next field to accept the word.
address you can enter up to three addresses. each address contains five fields: addr, city, state, zip code, and country. you can designate an address as work (w), home (h), or other (o). by default, contacts enters the first address as work.
birthday to enter contact birthday information, do the following:
1. tap in the box, use the left and right arrows to scroll to the year you want, and then tap to select the birth month and date (or tap today to select the current date as the birthday).
tip if you do not select a year, the current year is displayed. tap and hold the left or right arrow to scroll quickly through the years.
2. if you want a reminder, select the reminder check box, enter the number of days in advance of the birthday that you want the reminder to appear, and then tap ok.
tip birthdays you enter in contacts appear as untimed events in calendar. if you update the birthday in contacts, it automatically updates in calendar as well.
4. after you finish entering information, tap done.
tip to create a contact that always appears at the top of the contacts list, begin the last name or company field with a symbol, as in *if found call*. this contact can contain contact information in case you lose your handheld.