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People move, people quit, people abandon AOL. To make changes to

somebody’s card manually, select it and then hit Edit. You return to the
screen where you can add, remove, and edit fields. Hit Save when you’re

finished.

Linking Contacts

If People discovers two contacts with the same name among your different

accounts—say, one from Gmail and one from iCloud—it offers to combine
them. Select the person’s name and scroll down on the right-side panel until
you see the “Combined contacts” section. People shows you the two names

it has found, indicates how it thinks they’re connected, and offers a
Combine button. It automatically links the two, making it seem as though

all the information appears on a single card. (There’s also a Separate button
in case you change your mind.)

Pinning a Contact

Face it: Some people are more important than others. That’s why People

lets you pin certain people—install their tiles—onto the right side of your
Start menu. Just select the person’s name and then, on the right-side panel,

hit . You can also pin your contacts to the taskbar using this icon, or
using My People, as explained in the next section.

The People Panel (My People)

The People app isn’t the only access you have to your contacts; there’s a

People icon right on your taskbar (Figure 8-25).

Its purpose is to serve as a speed-dial list of your Very Special Friends,
which Microsoft calls My People. Up to 10 very, very special people get

actual icons on the taskbar; everyone else appears in the My People panel
that sprouts from the taskbar. Once you’ve installed all these names, you

can fire off email or Skype messages without having to open the People
app.