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Entering text using the ip deskphone dialpad – Avaya 1200 User Manual

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To make a call, you can dial an alphanumeric SIP address; for example,
[email protected] can enter and edit text on your IP Deskphone
using the following methods:

Attention: Some service providers support only the use of a
Directory Number (DN) such as 555-5555 to initiate a call to another
IP Deskphone. Contact your system administrator or service provider
to determine if alphanumeric dialing is supported. Alphanumeric
dialing consists of string of text that contain letters and numbers that
make up; for example, a SIP address.

Entering text using the IP Deskphone
dialpad

For applications that offer text input, when you use the dialpad to enter
text the system activates the

abc/123

context-sensitive soft key.

You can toggle between numeric and alphabetic input as follows:

When the context-sensitive soft key label is

abc

, you can enter

alphabetic text.

When the context-sensitive soft key label is

123

, you can enter

numbers.

For example, if you want to enter the lower case letter a, press the

abc/

123

context-sensitive soft key to toggle to alphabetic input. Then press

the number

2

key once. If you want to enter the upper case letter C, press

the number

2

key six times. You can cycle through the letters (and the

numeral) by pressing the number button repeatedly.

To create names or words that contain two adjacent letters that appear on
the same button, for example, the word press, you can do the following:

1.

To enter the first character, press the dialpad key

6

.

2.

Pause briefly.

3.

To enter the next letter, press the dialpad key 6 twice to cycle to the
letter r.

When entering alphanumeric information, the

1

key on the dialpad

represents the characters in

Table 7 on page 42

. To enter a special