Directory Dialing

Depending on configuration, your phone can provide corporate and personal directory features:

•Corporate Directory—Corporate contacts that you can access on your phone. Corporate Directory is set up and maintained by your system administrator.

•Personal Directory—If available, personal contacts and associated speed-dial codes that you can configure and access from your phone and User Options web pages. Personal Directory is comprised of Personal Address Book (PAB) and Fast Dials:

–PAB is a directory of your personal contacts.

–Fast Dials allows you to assign codes to PAB entries for quick dialing.

Using Corporate Directory on Your Phone

You can use a corporate directory to place calls to coworkers.

If you want to...	Then...

Dial from a corporate	1.	Choose	> Corporate Directory (exact name can vary).
directory (while not on	2.	User your keypad to enter a full or partial name and press Search.
another call)	2.
another call)	3.	To dial, select the listing, or scroll to the listing and go off-hook.
	3.

Dial from a corporate	1.	Choose	> Corporate Directory (exact name can vary).
directory (while on	2.	User your keypad to enter a full or partial name and press Search.
another call)	2.
another call)	3.	Scroll to a listing and press Dial.
	3.	Scroll to a listing and press Dial.
	4.	Choose a menu item to handle the original call:
		• Hold—Puts the first call on hold and dials the second.
		• Transfer—Transfers the first party to the second and drops you
			from the call. (Press Transfer again after dialing to complete the
			action.)
		• Conference—Creates a conference call with all parties, including
			you. (Press Confrn again after dialing to complete the action.)
		• EndCall—Disconnects the first call and dials the second.

See if the phone line in	Look for Busy Lamp Field (BLF) indicators. See the “Using BLF to Determine
the directory is busy	a Line State” section on page 41.

Tip

Use the numbers on your keypad to enter characters on your phone screen. Use the Navigation button on your phone to move between input fields.

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Cisco Systems 7961G/7961G-GE warranty Directory Dialing, Using Corporate Directory on Your Phone

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