Messaging
These features can be used to send messages to users with display telephones only.
Leaving Messages
To program:
See Programming Buttons & Settings, p. 31.
To leave a message at a busy or unan- swered extension you are calling:
•Do one of the following:
–Press the Leave Message button you have programmed.
–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. 23, 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 telephone 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.
Posting Messages
A posted message appears on the display of any inside caller who tries to reach you as long as that person has a display telephone. (You also see the message posted at your own telephone as a reminder.) There may be as many as 20 messages available to you for posting. Message 1 is always DO NOT DIS- TURB *; the others may include such choices as: OUT TO LUNCH, OUT SICK, IN A MEETING, depending on how your System Manager has pro- grammed 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 telephone, you can choose Next, Prev, or press the 
button (More button on the
4.Select Post.
5.Press the Exit button (Home button on the
To cancel a posted message:
1.Press the Menu button.
2.Select Posted Msg [Post].
3.Select Cancel [Cancl].
4.Press the Exit button (Home button on the
*If you use the Do Not Disturb feature (p. 23), 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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