Answer to How To Sort Contacts by Company Name"

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Answer to How To Sort Contacts by Company Name"

I just got my first iPhone s+ and disappointed there is no categories for company separate from all contacts. If there is, pls let me know. So this is how I sorted it out. It's still in All Contacts but under Company. Make sure that in your settings, you chose Prefer Nicknames.

1. Add new contact and name it Company or Business or any group you want. Then touch Done.

2. Add new contact and name it Company Apple or Company Blueberry, as long as you type Company before the real name of company.

3. Go to add fields and choose Nickname. Go up to your info and type the nickname of the company i.e. Apple, Blueberry. Complete the rest of your contact info and touch Done. You're welcome.

iPhone 6s Plus

Posted on Apr 16, 2016 11:29 AM

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Answer 1

Rysz

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Apr 16, 2016 11:49 AM in response to Implor

Create the Groups categories you want in the Contacts app on the computer you're syncing your iPhone with, then sync them.

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Answer 2

Implor Author

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Apr 16, 2016 11:56 AM in response to Implor

Correction on step 2, type Company + name of company on the Company item not on first or last name items.

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Implor Author

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Apr 16, 2016 12:04 PM in response to Rysz

Yes I saw that when I synced to my gmail contacts but I didn't categorized my gmail separately that's why they're still in just one category called groups. So yes it takes patience to go back and sort them out from computer and sync again. This for me is faster way, for now 🙂

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Rysz

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Apr 16, 2016 12:13 PM in response to Implor

Creating your own system is never a good idea. It will cause pain sooner or later.

On your computer, you can also designate if a given contact card is a person or a company, which avoids most of your manual labor.

Either way, you can use the search field to find specific cards, such as all cards for Apple, Blueberry, etc., without having to manually modify them, as you're doing now.

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Implor Author

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Apr 16, 2016 12:18 PM in response to Rysz

I'll be keeping this in mind and yes learning from it. Thank you. I'm sure I'll be asking for your help somehow.

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