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Basics
Making Calls

Dialing With the Number Pad

1. Press Phone/Talk to go to your Toda y screen.
2. Using the numbered keys on the keyboard, enter a
phone number.
3. Press Phone/Talk to dial.
You do not need to press Option to access the numbers
on the keyboard. However, when dialing short
numbers, such as 411, the number may conflict with a
contact name. If this occurs, press Option to avoid starting a contact lookup. You can
always dial 911 without pressing Option first.

Dialing by Contact Name

Before you can dial a call by contact name, you must create some contacts (see “Adding a
Contact” on page74) or import them by synchronizing (see “Synchronizing - The Basics” on
page66).
1. Press Phone/Talk to go to your Toda y screen.
2. Using the keyboard, begin entering one ofthe following for
the contact you want to call:
First name (JOH for John)
Last name (SMI for Smith)
First initial, a space, and then last initial (J S for John
Smith)
First name and last name
(JOH SMI for John Smith)