How to add phone numbers to a PDF with TextPort

iPhone 7 steps · Updated

Quick answer

In TextPort:

  1. Open the chat. Tap Export, then PDF.
  2. Tap Add on the Add phone numbers to this PDF card.
  3. In Chat Details, tap a person with Add phone or email.
  4. Type the number in Phone or email.
  5. 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

  1. Tap Export, then PDF

    Export is at the bottom of the chat. PDF Preview opens.

    TextPort may ask you to unlock this.

    The Export Chat sheet over a chat, with PDF highlighted
  2. Tap Add

    It is on the Add phone numbers to this PDF card at the bottom. Chat Details opens.

    PDF Preview with the Add phone numbers to this PDF card at the bottom and its Add button highlighted
  3. 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.

    Chat Details with Me and Lena Fischer. Lena Fischer shows Add phone or email and is highlighted
  4. Type the number

    Tap Phone or email. Type the phone number.

    The Participant screen for Lena Fischer with +1 (555) 018-4471 typed in
  5. 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.

    The Participant screen with the back button in the top left highlighted
  6. Tap the X

    It is in the top right of Chat Details. PDF Preview shows again.

    Chat Details with Lena Fischer's number filled in and the X in the top right highlighted
  7. Check the PDF

    The number shows next to the name, at the top and on each message.

    PDF Preview showing Lena Fischer (+1 (555) 018-4471) at the top and on every message from her

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.

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