Dialing a call
To dial your phone

1	Make sure your modem and modem cables are connected correctly.

2	Type the number in dialable format or international format, or click a number you've already dialed.

3	Click Dial.

Tips

If you dial the same number frequently, you can store it on a speed-dial button.

To see a log of calls, click the Tools menu, and then click Show Log. To dial a number in the log, double-click the log entry.

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Storing frequently dialed numbers
To store frequently dialed numbers

1	Click an empty speed-dial button.

2	Fill in the requested information.

3	Click Save or Save And Dial.

Tip

To edit all of your speed-dial buttons at once, click the Edit menu, and then click Speed Dial.

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Dialing stored phone numbers
To dial a stored phone number

Click the speed-dial button for the number.

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Logging telephone calls
To log telephone calls

On the Tools menu, click Show Log.

Tips

To select the types of calls to log, click the Log menu, and then click Options.

To dial a number from the log, double-click the name or number.

To purge log entries, select the entries, click the Edit menu, and then click Delete.


Using a telephone with multiple lines
To use a telephone with multiple lines

1	On the Tools menu, click Connect Using.

2	Click the address you want to use.


Using more than one modem
To use more than one modem

1	On the Tools menu, click Connect Using.

2	Click the modem or telephony device that is on the line you want to use.


Selecting a calling card
To select a calling card to use

1	On the Tools menu, click Dialing Properties.

2	Click Dial Using Calling Card.

3	Click a calling card you have an account with.

Tips

To set up a new calling card, click New.

For Help on an item, click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the item.


Setting up the location you're calling from
To set up the location you're calling from

1	On the Tools menu, click Dialing Properties.

2	Click the location you are dialing from.

3	Click the settings that match the way you dial from this location.

Tips

To set up a new location, click New.

For Help on an item, click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the item.


Click Help Topics to return to the list of topics.


Click this to define a location you are calling from, and to set up a calling-card number to use with calls you make from your computer.


Provides a space for you to type the number you want to dial. If you have made calls before, you can choose from the numbers you already dialed by clicking the down arrow.


Provides a space for you to type a phone number for each speed-dial button.

After the number is typed, you can click a speed-dial button to dial that number.


Provides a space for you to type a name and phone number for each speed-dial button.


Dials the specified number.


Provides a telephone keypad for you to use when you type information in the Number To Dial box.


Provides a space for you to type a name that will appear in the Call Log. When you use your Call Log, you will see this name associated with its phone number.


Hangs up the phone call.


Provides a space for you to type exactly the numbers you want dialed. Phone Dialer will ignore location and calling-card information.

Click Redial to dial the number as edited.

Note that if you click Dialing Properties, you lose these changes. With Dialing Properties, the original number is dialed using the location and calling-card information you specify in Dialing Properties.


Tries the call again, using the phone number as displayed in the Number To Redial box.


Provides a space for you to type a label for a speed-dial button.


Provides a space for you to type the number to dial when you click a speed-dial button.


Saves the information for this speed-dial button, and then dials the call.


Saves any information that has changed for any of the speed-dial buttons.


Displays a list of calls. To select whether to log incoming calls or outgoing calls, click the Log menu, and then click Options. To dial an entry in the log, double-click it.


When checked, logs all incoming calls.

Many telephony drivers cannot monitor incoming calls. If this is the case for your driver, no incoming calls will appear in the log even if you have checked this box.


When checked, logs all outgoing calls.


If you have more than one phone line or modem, or one phone line and one voice line, this option specifies which line to use when dialing out.

If the line you want isn't on this list, you need to install a new telephony device driver.


If your phone has multiple lines, specifies which phone number to use when dialing out. If your phone only has one line, then only that line is listed.


Specifies whether Phone Dialer should handle voice calls initiated by other programs.


Click this to view properties for the modem on the selected line.


Specifies whether Phone Dialer should handle non-voice calls initiated by other programs.


Displays who you are connected to, your current location, the calling card you're using, and the exact digits that were dialed.


Click this to change the location you're calling from, the calling card you're using, or the way the number will be dialed.


Continues dialing the call.