Add a Speed Dial (Abbreviated Dials)#

  1. Click Speed Dials & BLFs on the button bar. Your configured phones are displayed.

  2. Click the relevant ‘Phone’ to view the speed dials and BLFs configured for that specific line.

  3. To add additional speed dials over and above those provided for by the phone button template, click + Add a Speed Dial in the Abbreviated Dials area of the screen.

  4. Enter information in the following fields:

    • Key - The key associated with the speed dial. Note that if you enter two keys with the same value, for instance two number 3’s, then the system automatically removes the first instance and replaces it with the second instance.

    • Number - The phone number (or URI) for this speed dial. Note that you must enter the telephone number (or URI) exactly as you would dial it from your desk phone, including an access code (such as 9), country code, or area code as applicable. A URI is in the username@host format, where the host can be an IPv4 address or fully qualified domain name. The username portion of a URI can be a maximum of 47 characters and the full URI a maximum of 254 characters.

    • Label - The name that you want to associate with this speed dial.

  5. Click Save when complete to add the speed dial. When there is more than one speed dial, the speed dials are automatically re-ordered in numerical sequence from lowest to highest.

Upon clicking Save at any stage, you are given a choice to apply the selected speed dial setting to all phones or to this phone only. Click the relevant button: Yes, Apply to all phones or No, only this phone.

If you want to insert a speed dial entry directly above an existing speed dial entry, click + Insert a new speed dial above this entry to open an empty speed dial entry form. Enter the information and click Save when complete.

To edit an existing speed dial entry, click in the appropriate fields and enter new information as described above. Click Save when complete.

To remove a speed dial entry, click Remove this speed dial next to the speed dial you want to remove and click Save. The relevant speed dial is removed from the list.