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This feature applies to display voice terminals only.
The Directory feature allows the user of a voice terminal, where the Display feature is
administered, to search the system's integrated directory for the extension numbers
associated with specific names. Information resulting from the use of Directory is displayed
on the voice terminal's screen.
The user enters Directory Mode from Normal Mode by pressing the DIRECTORY button.
The system presents the following display to prompt the user to enter a name using the dial
pad buttons and then dial # to mark the end of the search entry.
The dial pad buttons are labeled with all the necessary entry characters except as follows:
Q is entered by pressing button
Z is entered by pressing button
Space, comma, or dot is entered by pressing the
The directory prompt,
finishes entering the characters of the name and presses # . (It is often not necessary to
enter a full name, but whatever is entered must be terminated by # . ) The system then
searches the directory data base for a match between the entered characters and the stored
names. If none is found, the prompt is removed and
Otherwise, directory information is presented as shown in the following example:
The D in position 1 indicates
If the name is not the correct
matched name be displayed.
narrow the search by entering additional letters followed by # . The additional letters are
added to the end of the previously-entered search string. If a mistake is made, the user can
press DIRECTORY twice (to exit and reenter the mode) and try to enter the desired name
again.
Directory
DIR : ENTER NAME#
remains displayed on the screen until the user
DIR:ENTER NAME# ,
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that the Directory Mode is active.
one, the NEXT button allows the user to request that the next
This operation can be repeated. As an alternative, the user can
(PRS).
(WXY).
button.
NO MATCH FOUND is
displayed.
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