the People app connects to your email
and social media accounts such as
Facebook and Twitter bringing together
all of your contacts in one convenient
place if you are signed in to windows 8
with a Microsoft email account like live
or hotmail your profile and contacts are
automatically added to the People app
select your profile on the left to view
details and make changes for example to
change your profile picture click your
photo from your profile view then choose
to take a new picture with the connected
camera or browse for a photo if you
choose to browse for a photo select the
image you want and click open with a
photo selected adjust your photo
alignment and click the save picture
button
your picture has now been updated
to manage your account connections click
connect it to in the lower right corner
a menu appears on the right showing the
accounts you have currently connected to
make changes to a connected account
select the accounts and then click
manage this account online a browser
window opens to your Microsoft account
management page from here you can change
personal settings or remove the
connection entirely when you're finished
making your changes click Save
to add a new connection return to the
connected to menu and click add an
account select the type of account from
those listed
a message may appear explaining what
happens when you connect click connect
to continue enter the username and
password for that account click
authorize app and follow any additional
instructions in a few moments all of the
contacts from that account will be added
to the People app click what's new to
view the social activity from all of
your contacts
to add your preferred contacts to the
People app home page click favorites
then choose the contacts and click Add
the contacts you selected will appear as
tiles on the homepage click on a contact
to go straight to their profile page and
choose from several options to interact
with your contact like sending a
personal message or viewing their recent
activity these options may vary
depending on the contact social media
service if you have more than one
account profile for the same person
select linked contacts to combine them
as one contact click choose a contact to
locate a known profile or select a
suggested profile when you're finished
linking profiles click Save
to search for contacts you can use the
search box in the upper right select a
letter to gem to contacts filtered by
that letter or click all contacts to
search through a complete list
then select the contact you were looking
for
to find more options for the people app
open the charms menu and click settings
from here you can manage accounts
options permissions and more for
additional settings right click anywhere
within the app a navigation bar appears
at the top of the screen and various
menu options appear at the bottom these
options can change depending on what
you're currently viewing within the app
for example if you are viewing a profile
page you can add the contact is a live
tile by selecting pin to start now live
updates from that contact will appear as
a tile on the Start screen the People
app also allows you to post to Facebook
or Twitter from any windows app
including internet explorer to share
your favorite video with your friends
open the charms menu click the share
charm and click the People app select
the account you want to share from
add your own personal message
and then click send
your favorite video will now be shared
with your contacts
you can find additional helpful videos
at hp.com/supportvideos and on our
youtube channel youtube.com / how to for
you