Search for a contact
If you need to contact a friend quickly, you don’t have to scroll through all your contacts. You
can search or jump to a letter or character in the contacts list. You can also use a voice
command to call or send a message to a contact.
1. Tap People > CONTACTS.
2. Tap Search, and start writing a name. The list filters as you write.
Tip: Pin your most important contacts or contact groups to the start screen. Tap and
hold a contact, and tap Pin to Start.
Jump to a letter or character in your contacts list
Tap any letter in the contacts list on the left, and in the following menu, tap the first letter or
character for the name you want.
Use Cortana to call or send a message
In any view, tap and hold the search key , and say Call or Text and the contact's name.