Setting up an account

You don't see any live updates on your People app if you haven't set up any accounts under Windows 10 yet. The People app supports a Microsoft account, Outlook, Apple iCloud, Gmail, and Exchange.

To set up an account, follow these steps:

1. Show the Windows Start menu.
2. Click the People app. The People app screen appears. (See Figure 13.2.)
3. To add accounts to People, click the ellipses at the top right of the search field. Click Settings.
4. Click Add an Account to display the Choose an Account screen (see Figure 13.3).
5. Click an account, such as Outlook.Com. A screen appears, such as the Add Your Microsoft Account screen, that walks you through setting up an account to use with the People app. Figure 13.4 shows an example of the Add Your Microsoft Account screen.
6. Enter your username and password to authorize Microsoft to use your account. A similar screen appears for other social media services you set up with the People app.
7. Click Sign In to sign in to the account. After a few moments, you are shown the All Done screen, shown in Figure 13.5.
8. Click Done.

After you set up one account, return to the main People app screen. You can choose to set up other accounts, such as Exchange or Google accounts from the Add an Account option.

Editing a Contact

Contacts in the People app are synced with the accounts you set up in the People app. To change information associated with a contact, you use the Edit feature. Sometimes these contacts require updating because of changes in information. You may also want to edit contacts if the contact is not complete. For example, the contact information in the People app includes the capability to show a picture to help you identify or remember that contact. You need to edit the contact to add a photo for a contact.

The following steps show how to edit a contact in the People app:

1. In the People app, right-click a contact.
2. Choose Edit. The Edit page appears. Figure 13.6 shows an example of an Outlook Contact being edited.
3. Make your edits. You can modify the contact's photo, name, phone, e-mail, address, company, and other criteria. Under Other, for example, you can set a website address, job title, office location, name of the contact's significant other, children, birthday, and anniversary. You also can add a free-form note about a contact.
4. When you're finished editing the contact, click the Save button.

Navigating the People app

The People app is fairly easy to navigate by using your mouse or touchscreen actions (such as swiping to the left or right). You can display the People app menu by right-clicking. Contextual commands for the items you're currently viewing display in that menu. Also, the People button returns you to the main People app screen when you click it.

All Contacts

The All Contacts screen lets you easily find the name of the contact you're looking for. The letter grid lets you jump to the first letter of the person's name you're looking for. When you click a contact, you're shown all the posts and photos your contact has recently posted.