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Choosing Between Pulse and Tone Dialing
Before
you
use
your
computer's
keyboard
to
dial
a
call, make
sure
you've selected the correct dialing
pro-
tocol-tone
(push-button)
or
pulse (rotary)-for
your
phone. To select
tone
(push-button)
dialing,
type
4.
Type
4 again to return
to
pulse
(rotary) dialing.
NOTE:
If
you
have
an ATARI
40QTM
Home
Computer,
you
cannot
use
the tone
(push-button) dialing feature to
dial from your computer's
keyboard.
Dialing from the Computer Keyboard
To
dial from your computer keyboard,
type l, then
follow the instructions
on
the screen.
Type the telephone number you want
to call,
then
press
mi!rllI.
NOTE:
If you're
calling
through a switchboard (PBX)
and need to dial 9 to get an outside line, type
an
asterisk
(*)
after
typing
9. This
tells
ModemLink to
dial
9, then
pause-that
is,
wait for the second dial
tone-before
dial-
ing
the
rest
of
the number.
ModemLink displays the
number-automatically
placing
a dash or space where necessary
to separate prefixes,
area codes, and
other
numbers commonly
used
when
dialing calls-and
highlights each number in inverse
video as
it
is
dialed
.
.
.
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1.23 456
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...
then waits
for an
answer.
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