Getting Started With Yahoo! Contacts
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What Is Yahoo! Contacts?
Yahoo! Contacts is more than an online contact manager. Yes, it helps you organize contact information; all address books do that. With Yahoo! Contacts, you have a number of communication options including sending an email, text message, and instant message while viewing a person’s contact details. You can even group contacts into categories and email the entire group. You can keep up to date with the people that matter most to you by receiving Updates each time they change their contact information.
Have you ever lost track of a friend because she moved and forgot to let you know her new address and phone number? When you’ve changed your contact information, did you remember to let all of your friends and colleagues know? Through Yahoo! Updates, you learn of your friends contact changes and they learn of yours. All you have to do is connect with one another to start receiving Updates. To learn more, take a look at these Profiles tutorials; Connecting With Others and Working With Yahoo! Updates.
Because Yahoo! Contacts is online, you can access it with an Internet connection from anywhere in the world. More importantly, because it’s part of your Yahoo! account, you can use the contact information in other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail and Profiles. Keep it up to date, and you’ll easily stay in touch with your friends
What’s Next
Learn how to open your Yahoo! Contacts.
Words to Know
- Category: a group of contacts in your Yahoo! Contacts. Categories let you organize information by groups.
- Connection: a person you spend significant time online with and with whom you want to share personal information. Connections have privileged access to each others’ profiles.
- Yahoo! Updates: mini-stories about online activities that you can share with your friends and family.