The People app connects to your email and social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter,
bringing together all 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 and
then choose to take a new picture with a 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 Connected 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 account
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 homepage, 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 contacts social media service.
If you have more than one account profile for the same person, select Link 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
jump to contacts filtered by that letter,
or click All contacts to search through a complete list.
Then select the contact you are 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 are currently viewing within the app.
For example, if you are viewing a profile page, you can add the contact as 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/howto4u.