Covering Calls - Lucent Technologies MLX-5 User Manual

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Covering Calls

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Have a co-worker answer your calls.
Answer all of a co-worker's calls from your telephone.
Stop your calls from being covered by others.
Stop your outside calls from going to your company's
voice mail system (or send your calls to voice mail).
Forward your calls to another telephone.
Answer your calls from another extension.
Answer a call ringing at a co-worker's extension.
Answer a call on a line that's not on your phone.
Hold a call when you're trying to transfer it or when
your co-worker doesn't answer.
Hold a call when you're trying to transfer or when your
co-worker doesn't answer; page your co-worker while
the call waits.
Messaging
Let a co-worker know you called.
Find out if you have a voice mail message, fax, or
other message.
Signal a co-worker to contact you.
Choose a message to leave for co-workers
who have display phones.
Reach a voice mailbox without calling the person.
Privacy
Prevent interruptions by blocking calls to your phone.
Prevent co-workers from joining your calls.
Prevent others on a call from hearing you speak to
someone in your office.
Receive or not receive voice-announced calls.
Timekeeping
Remind yourself of meetings or appointments.
Then
See Coverage, p. 12, and Line Buttons, p. 1.
See Coverage, p. 12.
See Forward & Follow Me, p. 13.
See Pickup, p. 15.
If your phone system doesn't have voice mail, try
Camp-On, p. 12.
See Park & Paging, p. 15.
See Messaging, pp. 7–8.
See Direct Voice Mail, p. 13.
See Do Not Disturb, p. 13.
See Privacy, p. 15.
Use the Mute button (inside front cover). If you
have a headset, use the Headset/Handset Mute
feature, p. 5.
See Voice Announce, p. 16.
See Reminders, p. 16.
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