CHAPTER￿6:￿USING￿YOUR￿PHONE￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿22￿

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Making￿SkypeOut￿Calls￿

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SkypeOut￿is￿a￿paid￿service￿provided￿by￿Skype￿that￿lets￿you￿call￿any￿phone￿number￿in￿ the￿world.￿Because￿it￿uses￿an￿Internet￿connection￿instead￿of￿a￿phone￿line,￿long- distance￿calling￿rates￿are￿significantly￿lower.￿You￿might￿want￿to￿use￿SkypeOut￿if￿your￿ friends￿do￿not￿have￿Skype,￿if￿they￿are￿offline,￿or￿if￿you￿want￿to￿save￿money￿on￿your￿ long-distance￿calls.￿To￿buy￿Skype￿Credit￿to￿make￿SkypeOut￿calls,￿refer￿to￿Appendix￿ C.￿

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1.￿ On￿your￿phone,￿use￿the￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿button￿to￿dial￿+￿and￿then￿the￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿buttons￿to￿dial￿in￿ the￿country￿code￿and￿phone￿number￿you￿are￿trying￿to￿reach.￿￿

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If￿you￿accidentally￿dial￿an￿incorrect￿digit,￿you￿may￿press￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿to￿erase￿the￿number￿ you￿have￿input.￿￿

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2.￿ Press￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿to￿send￿the￿call.￿

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For￿example,￿to￿call￿someone￿in￿Edinburgh￿in￿the￿United￿Kingdom￿with￿the￿phone￿ number￿(123)￿456-7890,￿you￿would￿dial￿+441234567890￿as￿follows:￿

 

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+￿

￿￿￿￿44￿￿

￿￿￿￿1234567890￿

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￿￿Country￿Code￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Number￿￿

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As￿another￿example,￿say￿you￿wanted￿to￿call￿someone￿with￿the￿phone￿number￿

 

(123)￿456-7890￿in￿Taiwan.￿You￿would￿dial￿+8861234567890￿as￿follows:￿

 

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+￿

￿￿￿￿886￿

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1234567890￿

 

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Country￿Code￿ ￿

￿￿￿￿￿￿Number￿

 

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If￿you￿do￿not￿know￿the￿country￿code￿of￿the￿number￿you￿wish￿to￿contact,￿visit￿the￿ Skype￿Dialing￿Wizard￿by￿opening￿your￿Web￿browser￿and￿typing￿ www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/dialing.html￿in￿the￿

address￿bar.￿This￿will￿guide￿you￿through￿making￿a￿SkypeOut￿call.￿

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Even￿if￿you￿are￿calling￿someone￿in￿the￿same￿country￿or￿area￿code￿region,￿you￿still￿ need￿to￿dial￿the￿country￿code￿and￿full￿phone￿number￿of￿your￿SkypeOut￿contact.￿

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