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Table of contents

Personal Call Manager 7

Using a handsfree telephone with Personal Call Manager 7 About this guide 7

Starting Personal Call Manager 8

Personal Call Manager icons 8

Personal Call Manager task tray icon 9

Personal Call Manager task tray menu 9

Personal Call Manager Main Window 10

Opening the main window 10 Components of the main window 10

Menu bar 11 Toolbar 11 Address Book 13 Current Calls 13 Status bar 15

Closing the main window 15

Setting up Personal Call Manager 16

Defining the line used 16 Changing the dialing properties 16

I am dialing from 17 I am in this country 19 Area Code 19 Use a calling card for long distance 21 Disable call waiting by dialing 24 To access outside lines 24 Dial using 24

Defining long distance numbers in your area code 25

Making a call 26

Making a call using the Address Book 26 Making a call using the task tray or Calls menu 27 Making a call using the toolbar 28 Redialing a number 29 Returning a call 29 Calling from the Quick Dial list 30

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Answering a call 31

Knowing when someone is calling 31 Knowing who is calling 31

Displaying who is calling from the task tray 31 Answering a call using the You Have a New Call dialog box 32 Answering a call from the main window 32 Answering a call from the task tray or Calls menu 33 Accessing the Notes tab 33

Putting a call on hold 34

Putting a call on hold using the main window 34 Putting a call on hold using the task tray or Calls menu 34 Answering a held call using the main window 34 Answering a held call using the task tray or Calls menu 34

Multiple calls 35

Switching between calls on the main window 35 Switching between calls on the task tray and Call menus 35

Transferring a call 36

Transferring a call without an announcement 36

Transferring a call using the main window 36

Transferring a call using the right mouse button 36

Transferring a call using the task tray or Calls menu 38

Transferring a call using the keyboard 39 Transferring a call with an announcement 40

Transferring a call with an announcement using the main window 40

Transferring a call with an announcement using the right mouse

button 40

Transferring a call with an announcement using the task tray or Calls

menu 40

Conferencing a call 41

Creating a conference 41

Creating a conference using the Conference box 41

Creating a conference using the Calls box 41

Creating a conference using the task tray or Calls menu 41 Putting the conference calls on hold 42

Putting the conference calls on hold using the main window 42

Putting the conference calls on hold using the task tray or Calls

menu 42

Taking a conference off hold 42

Restoring a held conference using the main window 42

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Restoring a held conference using the task tray or Calls menu 42 Splitting a conference 43

Splitting a conference using the main window 43

Splitting a conference using the task tray or Calls menu 43 Ending a conference 44

Ending a conference using the release button 44

Ending a conference using the main window 44

Ending a conference using the keyboard 44

Ending a conference using the task tray or Calls menu 44

Ending a call 45

Ending a call using the release button 45 Ending a call using the main window 45 Ending a call using the task tray or Calls menu 45 Ending a call using the keyboard 45

Calling features 46

Do Not Disturb (DND) 46

Turning DND on or off 46 Call Forward 46

Calls Log Window 48

Viewing the Calls Log 48

Viewing the Incoming Calls 49

Viewing the Outgoing Calls 49

Updating the Calls Log 49

Sorting the Calls Log 49 Making a call from the Calls Log 50 Printing call information from the Calls Log 50 Deleting calls from the Calls Log 50 Closing the Calls Log Window 50

Address Book 51

The Tree View of the Address Book 51 The List View portion of the Address Book 52 Contacts 53

Adding a new contact to the Address Book 53

Address Properties dialog box 54

Adding a caller to the Address Book 59

Finding a contact in the Address Book 60

Editing the properties of a contact 62

Organizing the Address book 64

Copying a contact 64

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Copying a contact using the linked copy method 65

Copying a contact using the template copy method 66

Moving a contact 67

Deleting a contact 68

Printing Contacts 69 Folders 70

Creating a new folder in the Address Book 70

Copying a folder 71

Moving a folder 72

Renaming a folder 73

Deleting a folder 74

Importing Contacts 75

Exporting the Contacts 76

Quick Dials 77

Adding Quick Dials 77

Displaying the information about Personal Call Manager 78

Synchronization with the telephone 78

On-line help 79

Accessing on-line help screens from the keyboard 79 Opening the on-line help contents screen 79 Accessing the Tip of the Day 79

Turning the Tip of the Day off 80

Turning the Tip of the Day on 80

Personal Call Manager Preferences 81

Changing the Search preferences 81 Changing the Startup Option 82 Changing the Dialing Rule Setting 83 Changing the Caller’s Record Display Setting 84

Quitting the PCM application 85

Removing the PCM application 85

Glossary 87

Index 91

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Personal Call Manager

Personal Call Manager is a TAPI-based (Telephony Application Programming Interface) application which provides an easy to use PC (personal computer) interface for your telephone.

With Personal Call Manager you can:

• make calls

• redial telephone numbers

• return calls

• answer calls

• put calls on and off hold

• manage multiple calls

• transfer calls

• conference calls

• activate and de-activate Do Not Disturb

• call forward your telephone Personal Call Manager also has an Address Book which allows you to store the

names, addresses, and telephone numbers of your contacts on your PC where they are easy to find and use.

Using a handsfree telephone with Personal Call Manager

Personal Call Manager is a tool designed to accompany your telephone. It provides tools to make processing calls easier, but you must still use your telephone to speak with the caller. For this reason, we recommend that you use a telephone equipped with handsfree. When using a handsfree telephone, you can perform all of the Personal Call Manager functions without picking up the telephone handset.

About this guide

Personal Call Manager provides several ways to perform each task. Although this document describes all of the possible methods, you only need to use one of the methods to perform the task.

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Starting Personal Call Manager

You can start Personal Call Manager from the short cut icon on the desktop or from the Windows Start button.

To start Personal Call Manager from the short cut icon:

1. Double click .

To start Personal Call Manager using the Start button:

1. Click the Start button and point to the Programs menu item.

2. Point to the Personal Call Manager menu item.

3. Click the Personal Call Manager menu item. The Personal Call Manager introduction screen appears briefly. The Personal Call

Manager icon is added to the task tray and task bar, and the Personal Call Manager main window appears.

Note: When you install Personal Call Manager, the short cut icon is installed by

default.

Personal Call Manager icons

When Personal Call Manager starts up, two icons are added to the screen: the taskbar icon and the task tray icon. These two icons have distinctly different tasks. The taskbar icon is used to open the Personal Call Manager main window. The task tray icon provides access to Personal Call Manager functions when you are using another program. The diagram below shows where each of these icons are located.

Taskbar icon Task tray icon

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Personal Call Manager task tray icon

The Personal Call Manager icon appears on the right side of the task tray. When you let the mouse pointer hover over the Personal Call Manager icon, the

number of current calls is displayed. The number displayed includes, the active call, conference calls and calls on hold.

When you right click the Personal Call Manager icon, a menu appears that allows you to exit from Personal Call Manager, set Personal Call Manager options, or open the Personal Call Manager main window. The Personal Call Manager main window provides access to additional features such as the Address Book.

When you single click the Personal Call Manager icon, the task tray menu appears. From the task tray menu you can perform most basic call functions, such as making and answering calls, putting calls on hold, transferring calls and conferencing two calls together.

Personal Call Manager task tray menu

The Personal Call Manager task tray menu is divided into two main sections. The lower portion of the menu contains the following call control options:

• Callers List - a list of the telephone numbers of the last ten people who called

• Redial List - a list of the last ten telephone numbers you dialed

• Quick Dials - a group of telephone numbers you want quick access to

• Transfer - allows you to transfer the active call to another telephone

• Manual Dial - allows you to call someone by entering their telephone number

on the PC keyboard

• DND - turns the Do Not Disturb feature on or off The upper portion of the menu contains the current calls. Each of these calls has an

icon beside it to indicate the status of the call. If there are currently no calls, the upper portion of the menu does not appear.

Active Call Appears beside the call you are currently on.

Held Call

Appears beside calls that are on hold. Any call that is not active will be on hold.

Conference Call

Held Conference Appears beside conference calls that are on hold.

Ringing Appears beside the calls that are currently ringing.

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Appears beside the two calls that you are connected to when you are on a conference call.

10 Opening the main window

Personal Call Manager Main Window

From the main window you can perform all of the functions of the Personal Call Manager task tray icon as well as access the Address Book, the Help files and Personal Call Manager setup.

Opening the main window

When you start Personal Call Manager, the main window appears. If you do not want the main window to appear when you start Personal Call Manager, refer to “Changing the Startup Option” on page 82. When you change this option, the main window is minimized to an icon on the taskbar when you start Personal Call Manager. You can also minimize the main window at anytime by clicking on the minimize button in the top right corner of the window.

To maximize the main window:

• click the Personal Call Manager icon in the taskbar OR

• right click the Personal Call Manager icon in the task tray and then click the Open menu item.

Components of the main window

The Personal Call Manager main window shows the following:

• the menu bar

• the toolbar

• the address book

• the current calls

• the status bar

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All of these components, except the Menu bar, can be turned on or off to suit your needs.

Menu Bar Toolbar

Address Book

Current Calls

Status Bar

Tree View List ViewCalls box Conference box

Menu bar

The menu bar shows the menus available from the main window. From these menus you can access all of the features available from Personal Call Manager. The menu bar is always visible on the main window.

One of the menus on the menu bar is the Calls menu. The items on the Calls menu are identical to the items on the Personal Call Manager task tray menu.

Toolbar

The toolbar contains several buttons that provide quick and easy access to Personal Call Manager functions.

Displaying the toolbar

To display the toolbar:

1. Click the View menu.

2. Click the Toolbar menu item. The toolbar toggles between being displayed and not being displayed. When the toolbar is set to be displayed, ✔ appears beside the Toolbar menu item in the View menu.

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Using the toolbar

The toolbar buttons provide access to commonly used features.

Up One Level

New Folder Adds a new folder to the Address Book.

New Contact Adds a new contact to the Address Book.

Cut

Copy Copies the selected folder or contact into the clipboard.

Paste

Properties

Exits from the current directory and moves one level up in the contact tree.

Copies the selected folder or contact into the clipboard and then deletes it.

Copies the folder or contact stored in the clipboard to the selected folder.

Displays the Address Properties dialog box if a contact is selected or the Folder Property dialog box is a folder is selected.

Prints information about the currently selected contact. If a folder is selected, prints information about all of the contacts in the folder.

Large Icons

Small Icons

List

Detail

Find Person

Calls Log

About

Displays the folders and contacts in the Address Book in large icons.

Displays the folders and contacts in the Address Book in small icons.

Displays the folders and contacts in the Address Book in small icons organized in vertical columns.

Displays the folders and contacts in the Address Book in a report view format. In this format the icon, first name, last name, telephone numbers, and email information of the contact is shown.

Displays the Search dialog box. The Search dialog box is used to find a particular contact within the Address Book.

Displays the Calls Log Window. This window shows all of the calls made or received while Personal Call Manager was operating.

Displays a dialog box containing information about the Personal Call Manager software such as the software version.

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Address Book

The Address Book is a list of all the contacts stored in Personal Call Manager. The Address Book consists of two parts:

• the Tree View which shows the structure of your folders

• the List View which shows the folders and contacts stored in the currently selected folder

For more information about the Address Book, refer to “Address Book” on page 51.

Displaying the Address Book

To display the Address Book:

1. Click the View menu.

2. Click the Only Address Book menu item to display only the Address Book. OR Click the Both Address Book and Calls menu item to display both the

Address Book and the Current Calls. The symbol • appears beside the current selection.

Current Calls

The Current Calls section of the screen shows which calls are active. The Current Calls section consists of two parts:

• the Calls box which shows the calls that are currently on your telephone

• the Conference box which shows the conference calls that are currently on your telephone.

Displaying the Current Calls

To display the Current Calls:

1. Click the View menu.

2. Click the Only Calls menu item to display only the Current Calls. OR Click the Both Address Book and Calls menu item to display both the

Address Book and the Current Calls. The symbol • appears beside the current selection.

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Current Calls icons

There are several icons that are used in the Current Calls section. Each icon is used to represent a call. The icons also show the status of the calls.

Active Call Appears beside the call you are currently on.

Held Call

Conference Call

Held Conference Appears beside conference calls that are on hold.

Ringing Appears beside the calls that are currently ringing.

Current Calls Toolbar

Appears beside calls that are on hold. Any call that is not active will be on hold.

Appears beside the two calls that you are connected to when you are on a conference call.

Above the Calls box and the Conference box are toolbars that you use to change how the calls are displayed.

Manual Dial

Displays the Dial dialog box. This dialog box allows you to call someone who is not in the Address Book.

Release

Large Icons Displays the current calls or conference calls in large icons.

Small Icons Displays the current calls or conference calls in small icons.

List

Detail

Properties

Hangs up the selected call. If only there is only one call, that call is automatically selected.

Displays the current calls or conference calls in small icons organized in vertical columns.

Displays the current calls or conference calls in a report view format. In this format the icon, the callers name, the telephone number and the call duration is shown. The duration is a running count of how many minutes the call has been connected.

Displays the Notes tab of the Address Properties dialog box for the selected call. If the selected call is not in the Address book, a dialog box appears asking if you want to add this caller.

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Status bar

The Status bar is at the bottom of the screen and provides four information message areas:

• Help messages – Shows a help message, if available, for the area the mouse is pointing at. For example, if the mouse is pointing to one of the buttons on the toolbar, the message describes what the button does.

• Line used – Identifies which telephone line is being used by Personal Call Manager.

• DND – The acronym DND appears if the Do Not Disturb (DND) feature is turned on for your telephone.

• Call Forward – Indicates if Call Forward is activated, and to which number your telephone is call forwarded.

Help messages Line used DND Call Forward

Displaying the Status bar

To display the Status bar:

1. Click the View menu.

2. Click the Status Bar menu item. The Status bar toggles between being displayed and not being displayed. When the Status bar is set to be displayed, ✔ appears beside the Status Bar menu item.

Closing the main window

To close the main window, click the minimize button in the top right corner of the window. The main window is minimized to an icon on the taskbar.

When you close the main window, call control features are still available from the Personal Call Manager icon in the task tray.

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Setting up Personal Call Manager

Before you can use Personal Call Manager you must choose the TAPI line that will be used and define the dialing properties.

Defining the line used

If there are several lines available, you can choose which line Personal Call Manager uses to make calls. To choose a line:

1. Click the Tools menu.

2. Click the Dial Using menu item. The Choose a TAPI Line dialog box appears.

3. Click the drop list arrow beside the TAPI Line field.

4. Click the line Personal Call Manager uses.

5. Click the drop list arrow beside the Address field.

6. Click the address for the line you chose.

7. Click the OK button.

Note: When using the Norstar TAPI Service Provider, the name of the TAPI line

is the same as the DN name for your telephone.

Changing the dialing properties

You use the Dialing Properties to define where you are situated and what is required to dial from this location. To access dialing properties:

1. Click the Tools menu.

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2. Click the Dialing Properties menu item. The Dialing Properties dialog box appears.

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From the Dialing Properties dialog box you can:

• choose the location you are dialing from (I am dialing from)

• choose the country you are in (I am in this country)

• set the area code you are dialing from (Area Code)

• choose if you are using a calling card (Use a calling card for long distance)

• set the number used to disable Call Waiting (Disable call waiting by dialing)

• set how to access lines (To access an outside lines)

• choose the type of dialing system (Dial using)

I am dialing from

The I am dialing from field is used to save different sets of dialing properties. It is used when you have a computer (such as a lap top) that you use at different locations. The settings for the different locations can be saved under different names in the I am dialing from field. You can then quickly change to the new settings when you switch locations.

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For example, you may have a lap top computer that you use at both the north and south locations. If the north and south locations have different dialing requirements (such as call waiting in the north but not in the south), you can set up two different sets of dialing properties in the I am dialing from field. Then, when you switch locations, you can change the dialing properties by changing the name that appears in the I am dialing from field.

Creating a new location

When you create a new location, you are creating the name that is used to access the new set of dialing properties. After you create the location, any changes made to Dialing Properties dialog box are saved with this name.

To create a new location:

1. Click the New button. A dialog box appears confirming that a new location was created.

2. Ensure the text in the I am dialing from field is highlighted.

3. Enter the name of the new location.

4. Change the other fields on the Dialing Properties dialog box to match the dialing properties required for this location. These fields are described later in this section.

5. Click the Apply button to store the changes with the new location.

Selecting a location

When you select a location, all of the dialing properties are changed to the settings that are stored for that location. To select a location:

1. Click the drop list arrow that is on the right side of the I am dialing from field. A list of locations appears.

2. Click the location you are currently at. The dialing properties are changed to the setting stored for this location.

Deleting a location

When you no longer need a location, you can delete it from the list of locations. To delete a location:

1. Click the drop list arrow that is on the right side of the I am dialing from field. The list of locations appears.

2. Click the location you want to delete.

3. Click the Remove button. A confirm deletion dialog box appears.

4. Click the Yes button.

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I am in this country

This field defines the country of the you are currently in. To select a country:

1. Click the drop list arrow beside the I am in this country field.

2. Scroll through the list of countries.

3. Click the country you are in.

Tip: You can scroll quickly through the list of countries by typing the first few

letters of the country’s name. As you type, the list will move to the country that matches the letters you type.

Area Code

The Area Code field defines the area code you are currently in. Personal Call Manager uses the number in this field to determine if a call is a local call (to the same area code) or a long distance call.

To enter an area code:

1. Highlight all of the characters in the Area Code field.

2. Type the area code.

In some locations, the area code must always be added when dialing a telephone number. To make Personal Call Manager include the area code, ensure the I always have to dial the area code before the phone number field contains a check mark ().

Dialing Rules

In some locations, calls within the same area code are considered long distance calls. These calls require the country code and area code (e.g. 1-403) to be added to the front of the telephone number before they are dialed.

The Dialing Rules feature allows you to define the prefixes (e.g. 222-xxxx) that are long distance calls in your area code.

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To set the prefixes that are long distance:

1. Click the Dialing Rules button. The Dialing Rules dialog box appears.

To add a prefix that is considered long distance

1. Click the New button located in the top half of the dialog box. The New Area Code and Prefix dialog box appears.

2. Enter the prefix and click the OK button.

To delete a prefix that is considered long distance

1. Click the prefix you want to delete.

2. Click the Remove button.

To add a prefix that is considered local

1. Click the New button located in the bottom half of the dialog box. The New Area Code and Prefix dialog box appears.

2. Enter the prefix and click the OK button.

To delete a prefix that is considered local

1. Click the prefix you want to delete.

2. Click the Remove button.

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Use a calling card for long distance

Choose this field if you want to use a calling card for long distance telephone numbers. This field also lets you define which calling card you are using.

To use a calling card:

1. Ensure the Use calling card for long distance check box contains a check mark (). If you have previously set up a calling card, the settings for that calling card are used. If you have not set up a calling card, refer to Setting up a calling card.

To stop using a calling card

1. Ensure the Use calling card for long distance check box is empty.

Setting up a calling card

You must set up the calling card parameters before you can use a calling card. To set up a calling card:

1. Click the Calling Card button. The Calling Card dialog box appears.

2. Click the drop list box at the top of the dialog box.

3. Scroll through the list to find the calling card you are using and then click the calling card.

Note: If the calling card you are using is not on this list, refer to Adding a

custom calling card.

4. Click the Calling Card Phone Number field.

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5. Enter the calling card telephone number.

6. Click the PIN number field.

7. Enter your calling card PIN number.

8. Click the OK button.

Adding a custom calling card

The dialing parameters for some calling cards are already configured in Personal Call Manager and appear in the list of calling cards. If the calling card you are using is not on the list of cards, you must set up how to use your calling card.

To add a custom calling card:

1. Click the Calling Card button. The Calling Card dialog box appears.

2. Click the New button. The Create New Calling Card dialog box appears.

3. Type the name of the calling card and click the OK button. A dialog box appears informing you that you must set up the dialing rules for the new calling card.

4. Click the OK button.

5. Click the Calling Card Phone Number field.

6. Enter the calling card number.

7. Click the PIN number field.

8. Enter your calling card PIN number.

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9. Click the Long Distance Usage button. A second Calling Card dialog box appears.

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10. Click the Dial field in the first step.

11. Choose the first set of numbers that must be dialed.

12. Click the next Dial field and then click the next set of numbers to be dialed.

13. Repeat step 12 until you have completed all of the steps needed to make a call using your calling card.

Note: Refer to the documentation that came with your calling card for the

sequence of steps that are required with your card.

14. When all of the required steps are added, click the OK button.

15. Click the International Usage button.

16. Repeat steps 10 to 14 to add the steps required to make an international call.

17. Click the OK button to return to the Dialing Properties dialog box.

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Disable call waiting by dialing

If call waiting is available for the current location, use this field to define the numbers required to disable call waiting. Your telephony application will use these numbers to disable call waiting when required.

To enter the numbers required to disable call waiting:

1. Click the Disable call waiting by dialing check box. A check mark () appears.

2. Click the drop list arrow beside the Disable call waiting by dialing field and then click the appropriate disable call waiting code. If the appropriate code does not appear on the list, click the field and type the disable call waiting code.

To identify that call waiting is not used, ensure the Disable call waiting by dialing check box is empty.

To access outside lines

There are two fields for accessing outside lines. The first field is for the digits required to access local numbers and the second field is for the digits required to access long distance lines. These access numbers are required if you are using a line pool or call routing to make calls. These numbers are the same numbers you dial if you are making an outside call from your telephone.

If you do not dial an extra number (e.g. 9) when making a call from your telephone, leave these fields blank.

To change the outside line access numbers:

1. Highlight the for long distance field and then type the number required to access an outside line for a long distance call.

2. Highlight the for local field and then type the number required to access an outside line for a local call.

Dial using

Use this field to choose tone dialing signals or pulse dialing signals when making a call. To select pulse dialing, click the Pulse dial button. To select tone dialing, click the Tone dial button.

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Defining long distance numbers in your area code

The Toll Prefixes feature allows you to define the prefixes (e.g. 222-xxxx) that are long distance calls in your area code.

To define toll prefixes:

1. Click the Tools menu.

2. Click the Toll Prefixes menu item. The Toll Prefixes dialog box appears.

3. Scroll through the list of prefixes in the Local phone numbers field and click the prefix that requires an area code added.

4. Click the Add-> button.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each prefix that requires an area code added.

6. Note: If you add a prefix to the Dial first field that does not require an area code, remove it by clicking on the prefix and then clicking on the <-Remove button.

7. When you have finished moving all of the prefixes that require an area code, click the OK button. The Toll Prefixes dialog box closes.

The Toll Prefixes feature is only available if the country you choose in the

properties

dialog box has a country code of 1. For more information about dialing

Dialing

properties, refer to “Changing the dialing properties” on page 16.

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Making a call

Using Personal Call Manager, you can make a call using the Calls menu, the Personal Call Manager task tray menu, the toolbar, or the Address Book. When you make a call, the Ringing icon appears in the Calls box, the Personal Call Manager task tray menu, and Calls menu. When the call is answered, the icon changes to the Active Call icon. Both the Ringing and the Active icons h ave a label that is used to identify the call.

If you make a call using the Address Book, the name in the Address Book is used as the label for the call.

If you manually dial the telephone number, Personal Call Manager compares the number dialed to the numbers stored in the Address Book. If a match is found, the name from the Address Book is used as the label. If no match is found, the number dialed is used as the label.

Making a call using the Address Book

Before you can call a number from the Address Book, you must add the number to the Address Book. For more information about adding numbers to the Address Book, refer to “Adding a new contact to the Address Book” on page 53.

To make a call using the right mouse button:

1. Look in the Address Book to find the icon of the person you want to call.

2. Right click the icon and point to the Dial menu item.

3. Click the telephone number you want to dial for this person (e.g. the contact’s Business number).

You can use the drag and drop feature to make a call. To make a call using the drag and drop method:

1. Look in the Address Book to find the icon of the person you want to call.

2. Use the right mouse button to drag the icon into the Calls box.

3. Click the telephone number you want to dial for this person (e.g. the contact’s Business number).

To call the prime telephone number using the Address Book:

1. Look in the Address Book to find the icon of the person you want to call.

2. Make the call by double clicking on the icon or dragging the icon to the Calls box.

Note: When you add a contact, you define one of the telephone numbers as the

prime number.

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Making a call using the task tray or Calls menu

To make a call:

1. Click the Personal Call Manager task tray icon or the Calls menu.

2. Click the Manual Dial menu item. The Dial dialog box appears.

3. Enter the telephone number you want to dial. If you have the Search Option set to Fast Search, Personal Call Manager

compares the number you are entering to the contacts stored in the Address Book. Any contacts that match the numbers you are entering appear in the bottom area of the dialog box. To dial one of these contacts, click the contact you want to call. The default number appears in the Phone Number Type field. To choose a different number, click the Phone Number Type list box then click Business, Home, or Mobile to select the number to call.

4. Click the Dial button.

If you want to call a contact in the Address Book and you only remember the contact’s name, enter the contact’s name. If you are using Fast Search, any contacts that match the name you are entering appear in the bottom area of the dialog box. If you are using Slow Search you must click the Find Now button to make the contacts appear.

For more information about Search Options, refer to “Changing the Search

preferences” on page 81.

Tip: You can also open the

Dial

dialog box by:

1. Pressing the F3 key. OR

1. Click the Personal Call Manager task tray icon or the Calls menu.

2. Point to the Quick Dials menu item and then click the Other menu item.

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Making a call using the toolbar

To make a call using the toolbar:

1. Click . The Dial dialog box appears.

2. Enter the telephone number you want to dial. If you have the Search Option set to Fast Search, Personal Call Manager

3. Click the Dial button.

For more information about Search Options, refer to “Changing the Search

preferences” on page 81.

Tip: You can also open the

Dial

dialog box by pressing the F3 key.

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Redialing a number

Personal Call Manager keeps a list of the last ten telephone numbers you called. The most recent call is at the top of the list and the oldest call is at the bottom. When there are already ten calls on the list and you make another call, the new call is added to the top of the list and the oldest call is deleted. If you call a number that is already on the list, the number does not appear on the list a second time. The number is moved from its previous location to the top of the list.

To redial one of the last ten telephone numbers:

1. Click the Personal Call Manager icon or the Calls menu.

2. Point to the Redial List menu item.

3. Click the number you want to redial.

Returning a call

Personal Call Manager keeps a list of the telephone numbers of the last ten people who called you. The Callers List shows both the calls you answered and the calls you were unable to answer. You can use this list to return the calls.

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The calls shown on the Callers List are numbered from one to ten. Call number one is the most recent call and is stored at the top of the list. Call number te n is the oldest call and is stored at the bottom of the list. When there are already ten calls on the list and you receive another call, the new call is added to the top of the list and the oldest call is deleted. If you receive a call from a number that is already on the list, the number does not appear on the list twice. The number is moved from its previous location to the top of the list.

Telephone numbers are only shown on the Callers List if:

• You subscribe to a Caller ID (CLID) service. OR

• Your TAPI Service Provider (such as the Norstar TAPI Service Provider) provides name or number information for internal calls.

To return a call:

1. Click the Personal Call Manager task tray icon or the Calls menu.

2. Point to the Callers List menu item.

3. Click the number of the person you want to call.

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Calling from the Quick Dial list

Before you can call a number from the Quick Dial list, you must add that number to the Quick Dials. For more information about Quick Dials, refer to “Quick Dials” on page 77.

To call one of the numbers from the Quick Dial list using the Address Book:

1. Click the Quick Dials icon in the Tree View portion of the Address Book. The icons of all the Quick Dials appear in the List View of the Address Book.

2. Drag the icon of the contact you want to call into the Calls box.

To call one of the numbers from the Quick Dial list using the Personal Call Manager task tray or Calls menu:

1. Click the Personal Call Manager task tray icon or the Calls menu.

2. Point at the Quick Dials menu item.

3. Click the icon of the person you want to call.

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Answering a call

Knowing when someone is calling

Personal Call Manager notifies you when there is an incoming call. When someone calls you, the in the Calls box, the Personal Call Manager task tray menu and the Calls menu. If you subscribe to a Caller ID service, or you are receiving an internal call through Norstar, the name or number of the caller appears below the icon and in the

Have a New Call

Knowing who is calling

When a call is made or received an icon appears in the Calls box, Calls menu, and Personal Call Manager task tray menu. These icons are given a label to help identify who is on the call. The information on the label depends on several factors.

If you subscribe to a Caller ID service, Personal Call Manager compares the received number to the numbers stored in the Address Book. If a match is found, the name from the Address Book appears with the Active Call icon. If a match is not found, then the name sent with the Caller ID information appears. If a match is not found and a name is not sent with the Caller ID information, then the telephone number appears.

You Have a New Call

dialog box.

dialog box appears, and the Ringing icon appears

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If no Caller ID information is available, or you do not subscribe to this service, then the word Unknown is used as the label.

If you are using a Norstar system and the Norstar TAPI Service Provider, internal calls show the name of the contact stored in the Address Book if available. When there is no name for the caller in the Address Book, then the Norstar extension name appears.

Displaying who is calling from the task tray

When you click the Personal Call Manager icon in the task tray, the current calls appears at the top of the menu. If you subscribe to a Caller ID service or you are receiving an internal call through Norstar, the name or number of the caller appears beside the icon. To perform a function on one of the current calls, point at the name or number of the caller and a menu appears.

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Answering a call using the You Have a New Call dialog box

Personal Call Manager displays the

You Have a New Call

dialog box when you

receive a call.

If you subscribe to Caller ID services and your TAPI Service Provider supports Caller ID, information about the caller is displayed on the

You Have a New Call

dialog box. If the caller is one of the contacts in your Address Book, the name, telephone number, type of call, department, and Company appear on the dialog box. Also, a small picture appears in the dialog box and a voice announce message plays, if you assigned them when you added the contact. For more information about adding contacts to the Address Book, refer to “Adding a new contact to the Address

Book” on page 53. If the Caller is not one of your contacts, the name and/or

telephone number and call type appears. To answer a call using the You Have a New Call dialog box:

1. Click the Answer button. Note: The Cancel button only cancels the

not the call. If you click the Cancel button, the dialog box closes but the call continues to ring on your telephone.

Answering a call from the main window

To answer the call:

1. Double click the Ringing icon. The icon changes to the Active Call icon and the call is answered.

1. Right click the Ringing icon in the Calls box.

2. Click the Answer menu item.

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Answering a call from the task tray or Calls menu

To answer a call:

1. Click the Personal Call Manager task tray icon or the Calls menu.

2. Point to the label of the call.

3. Click the Answer menu item.

Accessing the Notes tab

After you have answered the call, you can display the Notes tab of the

properties

dialog box. The Notes tab is used to record information about the contact,

Address

such as recent orders, meeting locations, etc. For instructions about adding information to the Notes tab, refer to “Note” on page 59.

To display the Notes tab:

1. Click the icon of the caller.

2. Click .

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Putting a call on hold

When a call is put on hold, the icon for the call changes from the Active Call icon to the Held Call icon. For information about the various icons, refer to “Personal

Call Manager task tray menu” on page 9 and “Current Calls icons” on page 14.

Putting a call on hold using the main window

To put a call on hold:

1. Make or answer the call.

2. Right click the icon of the call in the Calls box.

3. Click the Hold menu item.

Putting a call on hold using the task tray or Calls menu

To put a call on hold:

1. Make or answer the call.

2. Click the Personal Call Manager icon or the Calls menu.

3. Point to the call you want to put on hold.

4. Click the Hold menu item.

Answering a held call using the main window

To answer a held call:

1. Right click the icon of the call in the Calls box.

2. Click the UnHold menu item.

Answering a held call using the task tray or Calls menu

To answer a held call:

1. Click the Personal Call Manager icon or the Calls menu.

2. Point to the caller you want to talk to.

3. Click the UnHold menu item.

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Multiple calls

Personal Call Manager can con trol se veral ca ll s at once. The ma ximum nu mber of calls is equal to the maximum number of lines available. All of the calls currently connected appear on the Personal Call Manager task tray menu, the Calls menu, and the main window.

Although several calls can be controlled, only one call can be active at any time, except if you have a conference. In a conference, you can have two active calls. When you answer a held call, the currently active call is automatically put on hold. This allows you to switch between held calls simply by answering the caller you want to talk to.

Switching between calls on the main window

On the main window, the currently connected calls are shown in the Calls box. The currently active call shows the Active Call icon while the rest of the calls show th e Held Call icon.

To switch to a different call:

1. Double click the icon of the caller you want to talk to. OR

1. Right click the icon of the caller you want to talk to.

2. Click the UnHold menu item.

Switching between calls on the task tray and Call menus

On the Personal Call Manager task tray menu and the Calls menu, the currently connected calls appear at the top of the menu. The currently active call shows the Active Call icon while the rest of the calls show the Held Call icon.

To switch to a different call:

1. Point to the caller you want to talk to.

2. Click the UnHold menu item. The call you pointed to becomes the active call and the other call is put on hold.

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Transferring a call

Personal Call Manager allows you to transfer a call to a different telephone. You can transfer the call with an announcement or without. With an announcement, you are calling the person you are transferring the call to before you actually transfer the call. Announcements are used to inform the person who the caller is and why they are calling.

Note: Transferring your telephone to an external telephone number is not

supported when you are using the Norstar TAPI Service Provider.

Transferring a call without an announcement

When you transfer a call without an announcement, you are transferring without checking if the person is available to answer the call. This is also known as a blind transfer.

Transferring a call using the main window

To transfer a call:

1. Make or answer the call.

2. Drag the icon of the call to another call icon in the Calls box or to a contact icon in the Address Book.

If you are transferring the call to a contact in the Address Book, the contact must be showing in the List View portion of the Address Book. For information about finding a contact, see “Finding a contact in the Address

Book” on page 60.

Transferring a call using the right mouse button

You can use the right mouse button and the icons on the main window to transfer a call. To transfer a call:

1. Make or answer the call.

2. Right click the icon in the Calls box.

3. Point to the Transfer menu item. A menu of the current calls appears.

4. Click one of the current calls. The call is transferred to the person selected. If the person you want to transfer the call to does not appear on the list of current calls, perform steps 5 and 6.

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5. Click the Other menu item. The Transfer dialog box appears.

6. Enter the telephone number of the person you want to transfer the call to and click the Transfer button. The call is transferred to the number entered.

Tip: If Fast Search is enabled, Personal Call Manager compares the telephone

number you are entering to the contacts stored in the Address Book. Any contacts that match the numbers you are entering appear in the bottom area of the dialog box. Click the contact you want and click the Transfer button.

Tip: If you want to call a contact that is in the Address Book and you only

remember the contact’s name, enter the contact’s name. If Fast Search is enabled, any contacts that match the name you are entering

appear in the bottom area of the dialog box. Click the contact you want and click the Transfer button.

If Slow Search is enabled, you must enter the name and then click the Find Now button. Any contacts that match the name you entered appear in the bottom area of the dialog box. Click the contact you want and click the Transfer button.

For information about Fast and Slow Search, see “Changing the Search

preferences” on page 81.

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Transferring a call using the task tray or Calls menu

To transfer a call:

1. Make or answer the call.

2. Click the Personal Call Manager task tray icon or the Calls menu.