Messaging
These features can be used to send messages to users with display telephones only.
ÊLeaving MessagesÊ
To program:
See Programming Buttons & Settings, p. 27.
To leave a message at a busy or unanswered extension you are calling:
•Press the Leave Message button you have programmed,
OR
Press the Feature button; then select Leave Msg [LvMsg] or dial 25.
•To leave a voice mail message (if your company has such a system), press the Feature button and dial 56 (see Direct Voice Mail, p. 21, for details).
A screen display confirms that the message has been sent, or it alerts you that the message box is full or the message can’t be sent (for example, because the called person has no phone display).
To leave a message without calling:
1.Press the Feature button and dial 53.
2.Dial the extension.
To cancel a message:
1.Press the Feature button and dial ✻53.
2.Dial the extension.
ÊPosting MessagesÊ
A posted message appears on the display of any inside caller who tries to reach you as long as that person has a display phone. (You also see the message posted at your own phone as a reminder.) There may be as many as 20 messages available to you for posting. Message 1 is always DO NOT DISTURB *; the others may include such choices as: OUT TO LUNCH, OUT SICK, IN A MEETING, depending on how your system manager has programmed them.
To post a message:
1.Press the Menu button.
2.Select Posted Msg [Post].
3.Select the message you want to post. Depending upon your phone, you can choose Next, Prev, or press the More button to see more messages.
4.Select Post.
5.Press the Home button.
To cancel a posted message:
1.Press the Menu button.
2.Select Posted Msg [Post].
3.Select Cancel [Cancl].
4.Press the Home button.
*If you use the Do Not Disturb feature (p. 21), the appropriate message is posted. When you turn off the Do Not Disturb feature, the posted message is canceled. However, posting or canceling the message does not activate or deactivate the feature.
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