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Do you want to call your co-worker whose office is inconvenient and far away? This wikiHow article will teach you how to dial an extension on a Cisco phone.
Steps
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1Press Speaker or Headset (if you're using either of those). If you want to use the phone receiver, skip to the next step.
- On some models like the 7961/62 Series, you can also press the New Call softkey or Line key.
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2Dial their extension. You can do this either after you've picked up the headset or before.
- After you enter the numbers, the phone will call that extension.[1]
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3Press Directories, press 4, enter their name, and press Dial (if you don't know their extension). You'll see alphabetic characters on each number, so use those to enter their name.
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1. Press Speaker or Headset (if you're using either of those).
2. Dial their four-digit extension.
3. Press Directories, 4, enter their name, and press Dial.
