Using the Advanced Features of Your SoundPoint IP 550 Phone
5.Press the Ok soft key.
6.Do one of the following steps:
—Press the Select soft key to choose from various
—Press the Edit soft key to compose a custom message.
Use dial pad keys to cycle through the character set. Use keys 1, *, 0, and # to select special characters.
7.Press the Send soft key when finished.
8.Press 
or the Exit soft key repeatedly to return to the idle display.
Using Buddy Lists
Your SoundPoint IP 550 phone combines interactive message services and status monitoring to complement a traditional messaging application such as
Live interaction within a pool of phones is possible by monitoring the “presence” of the parties involved. Your phone can “watch” the status of up to 8 other phones or 48 buddies. These other phones form your “buddy list”. The status of your buddies is displayed and updated in real time. Your phone can be “watched” by up to 8 other phones.
If your SoundPoint IP 550 phone is configured to work with Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005, the behavior of the presence setting and buddy lists is different. For more information, contact your system administrator.
Presence
To view and change your presence settings:
1.Do one of the following steps:
a Press 
. Select Features > Presence. Select My Status.
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