User guide

Phone Basics
Section 2A. Phone Basics 29
Using Abbreviated Dialing
Abbreviated Dialing is similar to speed dialing. You can
use either of the following abbreviated dialing features.
䢇 Contacts Match – Retrieve any number saved in your
Contacts by entering only the last four to six digits of
the number. Select
4-Digit Dial to retrieve the number.
(See “To activate the Contacts Match feature:” on
page 50.)
䢇 Prepend/Abbreviated Dialing – Prepend the first five or
six digits (for example, the area code and prefix) to
any four or five digits you enter. Press to dial the
resulting number. (See page 50 to register a prepend
number and activate the Prepend feature.)
To place a call using Contacts Match Abbreviated Dialing:
1. Enter the last four digits of a Contacts entry’s
phone number.
2. Press Options (right softkey) > 4-Digit Dial.
3. Select the desired number and press or press
Call (left softkey) to call the displayed number.
䡲 If there is more than one matched number in your
Contacts, the Abbrev. Dial list is displayed. Select
the name you want to call from the list, and then
press to place a call.)
To place a call using Prepend Abbreviated Dialing:
1. Enter the last four digits of the number.
2. Press .
Dialing From the Contacts List
1. Press Menu > Contacts.
– or –
Press
Contacts (right softkey) in standby mode.
Tip
You can also place a call by pressing Options (right
softkey)
> Abbrev. Dial after step 1 above.
Shortcut
From standby mode, press Contacts (right
softkey) to list entries.
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