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Phone dialing:
| dials the phone. You are prompted to enter a number. This number is stored in the registry. The next time you can redial without entering the number. |
| You can dial using numbers or letters. |
| The program will automatically add the outside line code if any is defined. If Call Wait is checked, then the cancel call wait code (usually *70,) will be added. This code is also defined in the phone table. |
| An access code may be added, if any is defined. E.g., you may want to dial 10-ATT before each call. If Access is checked, then the access code will be dialed, except for your local area codes. To add local area codes to the database, do this in Phone|Setup Phone. E.g., 800 and 888 would normally be added to the local area codes database. Once you check or uncheck Access, it is stored in the registry for next time the program runs. |
| Elapsed time is displayed on the main form. You can reset this at any time. You can have it automatically reset every time you make a phone call by checking Misc|Phone Reset Clock. |
| If the number is busy, it will wait a number of seconds and retry for a number of times. You set the number of seconds and number of retries in the phone table. This happens only when Busy is checked, and not for dialing from the list of banks. |
| If Busy is not checked, you have the option of dialing a code, such as a beeper number. Clicking Dial Code will bring up a prompt box for you to dial the code. Dialing banks acts as if the Busy option is not checked. If Busy is not checked, then the modem will automatically hang up after 2 minutes. This is long enough to enter the codes. |
| If Busy is checked, you must hang up the modem prior to picking up the handset, in order to avoid hearing screeching sounds. Phone| Hang Up. |
| The menu items, Access, Busy, etc. are stored into the registry. When you enter the program, the values are the same as the values set before you left the program the previous day. |
| | The speed dial menu works as follows. After you dialed a number, you can store it in one of 10 speed dial locations. Press Input, and you will be prompted for the name. Press a speed dial number, and this number will appear in an input box. You can accept this, or modify it. When you press Okay, the number is in the speed dial. The name will be the caption. The hint is the number. Press the speed dial menu, or Alt + number (e.g., Alt 1) to speed dial number 1. |
Enter the table ch_fi, the list of repositories. Choose a repository. You can dial the repository by pressing the proper menu item. You then can enter your credit card number or other numbers when prompted by pressing the proper menu item. In three minutes the modem will automatically hang up. You may continue speaking, of course. This is a time saver, automatically dialing all your bank (repository) codes!
Time on phone. With a cell phone, it is necessary to track how many minutes you spoke on the weekday, so that you do not exceed the free amount. Phone|Time will do this.
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