Chapter 9: Using The Contacts Feature; Adding A New Contact - Avaya 9608 User Manual

Chapter 9: Using the contacts feature

You can save up to 250 names and up to 6 telephone numbers per name. When you press the Contacts
button, you are automatically put into Contacts search mode.
Note:
When you press the Contacts button you may not see all the functionality described in this chapter.
This would be because your system administrator has disabled changes to Contacts.

Adding a new contact

About this task
You can add up to six numbers for a contact. Selecting "track presence" as a type allows you
to track the contact's telephone presence, for example, not logged in, logged in, in use, or
sending all calls to another number.The contact number can include
Procedure
1. PressContacts > New.
2. Enter the first and last name using the dialpad.
3. Choose Yes in the Track Presence field to know the presence information for this
Using Avaya 9608/9608G/9611G IP Deskphones SIP
• Press the number key that corresponds to the letter or number you want to
enter until the letter or number is displayed.
• If the characters are on the same key, pause before entering the next
character.
• To enter a space, press 0.
• Enter remaining letters or numbers.
• To delete the last character, press the Bksp softkey.
Note:
If you want to remove a letter, number, space, or symbol that is in the middle
of the text you entered, use the left and right navigation arrows to place your
cursor after the character you want to remove. Once your cursor is in the
correct position, press the Bksp softkey to remove the character to the left
of the cursor.
contact. If the presence information is available for this person, the deskphone
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