How to add phone numbers to a PDF with TextPort
Quick answer
In TextPort:
- Open the chat. Tap Export, then PDF.
- Tap Add on the Add phone numbers to this PDF card.
- In Chat Details, tap a person with Add phone or email.
- Type the number in Phone or email.
- Tap the back button, then the X.
The PDF then shows the number next to the name.
What you need
- ✓TextPort on your iPhone
- ✓A chat saved in TextPort
- ✓The phone numbers, or the people saved in your contacts
Steps
-
Tap Export, then PDF
Export is at the bottom of the chat. PDF Preview opens.
TextPort may ask you to unlock this.
-
Tap Add
It is on the Add phone numbers to this PDF card at the bottom. Chat Details opens.
-
Tap a person
Pick one who shows Add phone or email. Participant opens. For your own row it says You.
To fill in numbers from your contacts, tap Match from Contacts instead.
-
Type the number
Tap Phone or email. Type the phone number.
-
Tap the back button
It is in the top left. Chat Details shows again.
Do steps 3 to 5 for each person with no number.
-
Tap the X
It is in the top right of Chat Details. PDF Preview shows again.
-
Check the PDF
The number shows next to the name, at the top and on each message.
Done
Your PDF shows a phone number next to each name. Share it or save it like any PDF.
Problems
There is no Add phone numbers to this PDF card.
Everyone has a number already, or you closed the card. Tap the chat name at the top of the chat. Chat Details opens. Do steps 3 to 6.
Match from Contacts fills in nothing.
TextPort needs access to Contacts. Turn it on in the iPhone Settings app. Or type each number by hand.
A person shows the wrong number.
Tap the person in Chat Details. Change the number in Phone or email.
None of these match.
Email [email protected]. Say which step you were on. Say what you saw. We usually reply within a day.
Questions
-
A name alone can be anyone. A phone number shows who each person is. A lawyer or a court may ask for it.
-
No. The numbers are saved in TextPort only.
-
Yes. The Spreadsheet file has them in a Contact column. The Text file lists them at the top.
-
Yes. Print Preview shows the same card.
-
Yes. Type it in the same Phone or email box.
Next guides
-
How to export a chat to PDF with TextPort
You will get a PDF of one chat, with names, dates, and times, ready to share or print.
-
How to prepare text messages for court with TextPort
You will have a PDF of the chat that shows who said what, and when, with phone numbers.
-
How to edit the chat name and people's names with TextPort
You will have the right chat name and the right name for each person in the chat.
-
How to send text messages to a lawyer with TextPort
Your lawyer will get a PDF of the whole chat, with names, phone numbers, dates, and times.
Start exporting your messages
Available for iPhone, Mac, and Windows. No computer required.