Entering Text Using The Ip Deskphone Dialpad - Avaya 1200 Series User Manual

To make a call, you can dial an alphanumeric SIP address; for example,
jdoe2@domain.com.You can enter and edit text on your IP Deskphone
using the following methods:
Attention: Some service providers support only the use of a
Directory Number (DN) such as 555-5555 to initiate a call to another
IP Deskphone. Contact your system administrator or service provider
to determine if alphanumeric dialing is supported. Alphanumeric
dialing consists of string of text that contain letters and numbers that
make up; for example, a SIP address.
Entering text using the IP Deskphone
dialpad
For applications that offer text input, when you use the dialpad to enter
text the system activates the
You can toggle between numeric and alphabetic input as follows:
• When the context-sensitive soft key label is abc, you can enter
alphabetic text.
• When the context-sensitive soft key label is 123, you can enter
numbers.
For example, if you want to enter the lower case letter a, press the
123 context-sensitive soft key to toggle to alphabetic input. Then press
the number 2 key once. If you want to enter the upper case letter C, press
the number 2 key six times. You can cycle through the letters (and the
numeral) by pressing the number button repeatedly.
To create names or words that contain two adjacent letters that appear on
the same button, for example, the word press, you can do the following:
1. To enter the first character, press the dialpad key 6.
2. Pause briefly.
3. To enter the next letter, press the dialpad key 6 twice to cycle to the
letter r.
When entering alphanumeric information, the
represents the characters in
abc/123 context-sensitive soft key.
Table 7 on page
Getting started
1 key on the dialpad
42. To enter a special
abc/
41