Avaya 1200 manual Entering text using the IP Deskphone dialpad

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To make a call, you can dial an alphanumeric SIP address; for example, jdoe2@domain.com.You can enter and edit text on your IP Deskphone using the following methods:

Attention: Some service providers support only the use of a Directory Number (DN) such as 555-5555 to initiate a call to another IP Deskphone. Contact your system administrator or service provider to determine if alphanumeric dialing is supported. Alphanumeric dialing consists of string of text that contain letters and numbers that make up; for example, a SIP address.

Entering text using the IP Deskphone dialpad

For applications that offer text input, when you use the dialpad to enter text the system activates the abc/123 context-sensitive soft key.

You can toggle between numeric and alphabetic input as follows:

•When the context-sensitive soft key label is abc, you can enter alphabetic text.

•When the context-sensitive soft key label is 123, you can enter numbers.

For example, if you want to enter the lower case letter a, press the abc/ 123 context-sensitive soft key to toggle to alphabetic input. Then press the number 2 key once. If you want to enter the upper case letter C, press the number 2 key six times. You can cycle through the letters (and the numeral) by pressing the number button repeatedly.

To create names or words that contain two adjacent letters that appear on the same button, for example, the word press, you can do the following:

1.To enter the first character, press the dialpad key 6.

2.Pause briefly.

3.To enter the next letter, press the dialpad key 6 twice to cycle to the letter r.

When entering alphanumeric information, the 1 key on the dialpad represents the characters in Table 7 on page 42. To enter a special

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