New phonebook entries, Phonebook search – AT&T 1231 User Manual
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Phonebook
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Phonebook
New phonebook entries
To create a new phonebook entry
Press
MENU
twice to select
PHONE BOOK
. Press
V
to
highlight
STORE
. Press
SEL
, then enter the telephone
number when prompted.
Use the dial pad to enter up to 32 digits, then press
SEL
. You will be notified if the number is already in
your phonebook.
To insert a number from your redial list, press
REDIAL
,
then
^V
to find the number, then press
SEL
.
• Press
DELETE
to erase numbers if you make a mistake.
• Press and hold
PAUSE
to enter a 3-second dialing
pause.
To enter a name
Press dial pad buttons once for the first letter, twice for
the second, three times for the third. Continue for
lower-case letters or numerals.
The cursor moves to the right when you press another
dial pad button or the
^
button. Press
V
to move
the cursor to the left. Press
1
to enter a space, or
press twice to enter
"I"
• Press
DELETE
to erase letters if you make a mistake.
• Press
*
repeatedly to enter an asterisk (*), ques-
tion mark (?), exclamation point (!), slash (/) or
parentheses.
• Press
#
repeatedly to enter a pound sign (#),
apostrophe ('), comma (,) hyphen (-), period (.), or
ampersand (&).
Storing the entry
Press
SEL
to store your new phonebook entry. To
change it later, see page 18.
Phonebook search
Press
DIR
to display the first listing in the phonebook.
You can then use the up/down arrows to browse
through the phonebook, or search to find a specific
entry. Press
OFF
at any time to exit the directory.
To browse through the directory
To browse, press
^
or
V
to scroll through all
entries one by one. Entries will be displayed alphabeti-
cally by the first letter in the name.
To search by name
When any entry is displayed, you can press a dial pad
button to display the first name beginning with a letter
associated with that key.
Press dial pad buttons once for the first letter, twice for
the second, three times for the third, as shown on the
previous page.
For example, press
5 (JKL)
once to find Jennifer, twice
to find Kevin, or three times to find Linda.
To call a displayed number
When you find the entry you want, press
PHONE
(or
SPK
) to dial. Or press
SEL
to modify the entry (see
next page).
Viewing long numbers
The screen can display only 16 digits at a time. To view
numbers longer than this, press
*
or
#
to display
the remaining digits.
AT&T
> PHONE BOOK
CALL LOG
> STORE
REVIEW
ENTER NUMBER
555-1234_
ENTER NAME
Pat Williams_
Pat Williams
555-1234
Andrew
555-6789
AT&T
Barbara
555-9876
Jennifer
555-4321
5
Pat
555-1234
7
Press once to enter "A" (5 times for "a")
Press twice to enter "B" (6 times for "b")
Press 3 times to enter "C" (7 times for "c")
Press 4 times to enter "2"
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