Starting And Joining A Standard Conference - Cisco 7960G Phone Manual

• Confrn—Use this softkey to establish a standard conference by calling each participant. Standard
conference calling is a default feature available on most phones.
• Join—Use this softkey to establish a standard conference by joining several calls already on one
line.
• cBarge—Use this softkey to add yourself to an existing call on a shared line and to turn the call
into a standard conference call. This feature is available only on phones that use shared lines.
See Starting and Joining a Standard Conference, page 31
Meet-Me Conference Calls
You can create a Meet-Me conference by calling the Meet-Me phone number at a specified time.
See Starting or Joining a Meet-Me Conference Call, page 33

Starting and Joining a Standard Conference

A standard conference allows at least three participants to talk on a single call.
If you want to...
• Create a conference by
calling participants
• Add new participants to
an existing conference
Create a conference by joining
two or more existing calls
Participate in a conference
Create a conference by
barging a call on a shared line
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Then...
1. From a connected call, press Confrn. (You may need to press the
more softkey to see Confrn.)
2. Enter the participant's phone number.
3. Wait for the call to connect.
4. Press Confrn again to add the participant to your call.
5. Repeat to add additional participants.
1. Make sure that you have two or more calls on a single line.
2. Highlight a call that you want to add to the conference.
3. Press Select.
The selected call displays this icon
4. Repeat this process for each call that you want to add.
5. From one of the selected calls, press Join. (You may need to press
the more softkey to see Join.)
Note The active call is automatically selected.
Answer the phone when it rings.
Highlight a call on a shared line and press cBarge. (You may need to
press the more softkey to display cBarge.)
See Using a Shared Line, page
for additional instructions.
for additional instructions.
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