Sprint Nextel 800w manual Creating a Speed-Dial Button

Creating a Speed-Dial Button

You can create up to 20 picture buttons and 50 text buttons. By default, speed-dial buttons do not appear on the Today screen. To learn how to display your speed-dial buttons, see “Selecting Which Items Appear on Your Today Screen” on page 319.

1.Go to your Today screen (see “Accessing Your Today Screen” on page 76).

2.Press Menu (right softkey) and select New Speed Dial.

3.Do either of the following:

■Select Link to contact, select the contact you want to

link to this button, and then select the number you want to dial with this button.

■Select Label and enter a name for this button, and then select Number and enter the phone number you want to dial with this button.

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You can enter additional numbers to dial, such as a password or extension. (You can also enter the star [*] and pound [#] symbols.) To enter a one-second pause, enter a comma [,]. To enter a two-second pause, enter p. To indicate that you want to press the Extra Digits softkey before dialing the additional numbers, enter w followed by the additional numbers.

4.If this button is linked to a contact entry with a picture, select either Text Speed Dial or Picture Speed Dial to indicate which type of button you want to create.

Tip

You can add a special ringtone to a contact associated with the speed-dial button. See “Adding a Contact” on page 238.

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