Phone Editor – Samsung PC Studio 3.1

Overview

Phone Editor is a PC Studio application for easy management of data such as Phonebook, Organiser and the WAP Settings of a Samsung Electronics Phone.

Phone Editor allows you to retrieve, modify, delete, and add a variety of Phone data and copy it to a PC for storage.

The functions provided by Phone Editor are as follows.

  • Phonebook Management
  • Organiser Management
  • Settings Management

You can move to each function using the shortcut button on the left of Phone Editor’s main screen.

Starting Phone Editor

Phone Editor can be started as follows.

When Samsung PC Studio gets started, a Launcher window appears. In the Launcher window, select the Manage contacts and more icon.

Point to the Samsung PC Studio tray icon and click the right button of your mouse. When the Context menu appears, click Manage contacts and more.

Overview

In the Phonebook screen of Phone Editor, you can manage Phonebook data saved in the Phone and the PC.

The Tree View on the left of the screen consists of a Phone folder and a PC folder. The Phone folder contains the in-built Phone memory and SIM. The subfolders of the Phone and PC folder are Phonebook groups.

Click a specific folder in the Tree View. The Contacts of the selected folder will be displayed in the List View.

You can also display/hide fields by selecting the pulldown menu View > Show Fields.

※ When the Phone is not connected to the PC, the Phone folder is disabled, so you can only use the PC folder.

Creating New Contacts

New Contacts can be created in the Phone and PC folders as follows.

① Click the New button in the toolbar icons or select the pulldown menu File New.

② When the New Phonebook window appears, type the data and click the OK button.

The data created by the above procedure is saved in the corresponding folder of the connected Phone or PC immediately.

 Modifying Contacts

The Contacts saved in the Phone and PC folder can be modified as follows.

① Select and double click the Contact item to modify in the List View or select the item and click the Edit button in Preview.

② When the Edit Phonebook window appears, modify the item and click the OK button.

The Contact item modified by the above procedure is applied in the corresponding folder of the connected Phone or PC immediately.

Deleting Contacts

The Contacts saved in the Phone and PC folders can be deleted as follows.

① Select the Contact item to delete in the List View and press the Del key, or select the item and select the pulldown menu Edit Delete

② When the warning window appears, click the OK button to confirm deletion.

The item deleted by the above procedure is removed from the corresponding folder of the connected Phone or PC immediately and cannot be restored.

Transferring Contacts between Phone and PC

Phone Editor allows you to copy and transfer the Phone and PC Contact information. The Phone Contacts can be backed up to the PC and restored later when necessary.

Contact items can be copied and transferred between Phone and PC as follows.

① Select the item to copy or transfer in the Phone or PC folder and click the right button of the mouse.

② When the menus appear, select Copy or Cut.

③ In the Tree View, select the folder where the selected item is to be copied or transferred.

In the List View, select an empty area and click the right button of the mouse.

④ When the menus appear, select Paste.

※ For data copy and transfer, a Drag and Drop function is supported.

Organiser Management

In the Phone Editor Organiser screen you can manage the Organiser data saved in the Phone and PC.

The shortcut area on the left of the screen is divided into a Phone area and a PC area and each area consists of ScheduleAnniversaryTask, and Memo shortcuts.

Click a specific shortcut. The Organiser items saved for the PC or Phone are displayed in the List View.

You can also display/hide fields by selecting the pulldown menu View > Show Fields.

※ When the Phone is not connected to a PC, the Phone area is disabled, so you can only use the PC area.

※ The use of the ScheduleAnniversaryTask, and Memo items may be limited depending on the model of Phone connected. Items that are limited cannot be used in this function.

Creating New Organiser Items

New Organiser items can be created in the Phone and PC areas as follows.

① Click the New button in the toolbar or select the pulldown menu File New.

② When the New Appointment (or AnniversaryTask, or Memo) window appears, add details and click the OK button.

The item created by the above procedure is saved in the corresponding archive of the connected Phone or PC immediately.

Modifying Organiser Items

Organiser items saved in the Phone and PC areas can be modified as follows.

① Select and double click the item to modify in the Organiser List View, or select the item and click the Edit button in Preview.

② When the Edit Appointment (or AnniversaryTaskMemo) window appears, modify the item and click the OK button.

The item modified by the above procedure is applied in the corresponding archive of the connected Phone or PC immediately.

Deleting Organiser Items

Organiser items can be deleted as follows.

① Select the item to delete in the Organiser List View and press the Del key, or select the item and select the pulldown menu Edit Delete.

② When the warning window appears, click the OK button to confirm deletion.

The item deleted by the above procedure is removed from the corresponding archive of the connected Phone or PC immediately and cannot be restored.

Transferring Organiser Items between Phone and PC

The Phone Editor allows you to copy and transfer Phone and PC Organiser items. Phone Organiser items can be backed up to the PC and restored later when necessary.

The Organiser items can be copied and transferred between Phone and PC as follows.

① Select the item to copy or transfer in the List View and click the right button of the mouse.

② When the menus appear, select Copy or Cut.

③ In the left shortcut area, select the shortcut. In the List View, select an empty area and click the right button of the mouse.

⑤ When the menus appear, select Paste.

※ For copy and transfer, a Drag and Drop function is supported.

※ Copy and transfer is possible only between the same Organiser items. (E.g. Schedule -> Schedule, Anniversary -> Anniversary etc.)

Settings Management

Overview

In the Phone Editor Settings screen, you can manage various Settings data.

The shortcut area on the left of the screen shows Setting items supported by the connected Phone model. When a specific shortcut is selected, the current setup values of the connected phone are displayed in the List View.

※ The Settings Management function is enabled only when the Phone is connected to the PC.

※ Only those Setting items supported by the connected Phone model are shown.

Connection Profile Setting

The Connection Profile item provides the management functions for Settings data related to Phone Connection as follows.

Creating New Connection Profiles

– New Connection Profiles can be created.

– When you click the New button in the toolbar icons, a New Profile window appears. Input the data and click the OK button.

– The created Connection Profile is saved in the connected Phone immediately.

 Modifying Connection Profiles

– Phone Connection Profiles can be modified.

– Select and double click the data to modify in the Connection Profile list, or select the data and click the Edit button in Preview. When the Edit Profile window appears, modify the data and click the OK button.

– The modified Connection Profiles are applied to the connected Phone immediately.

Deleting Connection Profiles

– Phone Connection Profiles can be deleted.

– Select the data to delete in the Connection Profile list and press the Del key, or select the data and select the pulldown menu Edit Delete.

– When the warning window appears, click the OK button to confirm deletion.

– The deleted data is removed from the connected Phone immediately and cannot be restored.

Importing and Exporting

Phone Editor allows you to export the data saved in the PC folder to external data in another format, or to import external data in another format to the PC folder of Phone Editor.

Importing

The range of external data that can be imported to the PC folder of Phone Editor is as follows.

 Microsoft® Outlook Express Contacts (Windows Address Book)

 Microsoft® Outlook® Contacts

 Microsoft® Outlook® Calendar

 Microsoft® Outlook® Tasks

 Microsoft® Outlook® Notes

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Various external data can be imported to the Phone Editor (PC archive) as follows.

① Select the pulldown menu File Import in Phone Editor.

② When the Import window appears, select the data to import and click the Next button.

③ Select the details following the procedures presented according to the type of selected data.

④ When the import is finished, you can check that the selected data has been imported to the Phone Editor Phonebook or the Organiser (PC archive).

Exporting

The range of external data that can be exported to the Phone Editor (PC archive) is as follows.

 Microsoft® Outlook Express Contacts (Windows Address Book)

 Microsoft® Outlook® Contacts

 Microsoft® Outlook® Calendar

 Microsoft® Outlook® Tasks

 Microsoft® Outlook® Notes

 Comma Separated Values Files

 vCard Files

 vCalendar Files

Data from the Phone Editor Phonebook or the Organiser (PC archive) can be exported to external files as follows.

① Select the pulldown menu File Export in Phone Editor.

② When the Export window appears, select the data to export and click the Next button.

③ Select the details following the procedures presented according to the type of selected data.

④ When the export is finished, you can check that the selected data from the Phone Editor (PC archive) has been exported to the target external data.

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