| To simply dial a number enter the number in to the Direct Dial box then click the dial button. The previous 20 number will be saved.
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| Dialing digits using your keyboard:
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| Once a call is connected, Call Soft will route all keyboard activity to the dialer. Therefore, if you need to dial digits, after the call is connected, you can use your keyboard. To terminate the call you can press CTRL+H.
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| Verbatim calling:
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| Call Soft will, by default, try to determine if the number you are dialing is long distance and add your long distance prefix and long distance service number, specified in dialing setup, before the number. However, if you want Call Soft to simply dial the number you specify, enter a = before the number. For example if you want to dial 713-555-1212 without any interpretation from Call Soft then enter =713-555-1212. This will work for numbers in your phone book, and speed dial buttons.
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| You can use these characters in your dialing string for special functions.
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| · | = Will cause Call Soft to simply dial the number thus not adding anything to it like a long distance prefix or long distance service 1010 numbers. To simply dial 713-555-1212 enter =713-555-1212.
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| · | "@" Use this character to wait for silence before continuing. For example, if you want create a speed dial button to send 1234 to pager number 555-0000 enter 555-0000@1234 . This will cause Call Soft to dial 555-0000 then wait for the pager service to answer, causing an extended period of silence, then dial 1234.
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| · | "." Use this character to inform Call Soft to hang up. Take the previous example but add a period to the end i.e. 555-0000@1234. This will inform Call Soft to hang up the phone after dialing 1234.
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| · | ! Use this character to flash the line. This is equivalent to clicking the flash button.
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| · | "," Use this character to add a 2 second pause. For example, if you wanted to access your bank account via an automated service and the phone number is 555-7777 and once connected you have to enter 2 for account information then 3 for balance inquire then your account number "392-481". Your dialing string might look something like this. 555-7777@2,3,392-481 .
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Speed dial buttons:
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| The speed dialer allows you to dial, a pre defined number, by simply clicking a button.
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| There are three tabs with 15 speed dial button on each (45 speed dial buttons total). To set the buttons caption and number, right click on the button, you wish to set, and select "Edit" from the menu. Simply fill in the information and click OK.
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| To change the text on the tabs, simply right click on the tab you wish to change and select "Rename".
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Hot Key Dialer:
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| The hot key dialer allows you to define a key or combination of keys that, when invoked, will take the highlighted number, in the application your are using, and dial it. For example if you define your hot key to be ALT + F12 and you highlight this number 713-555-1212 and hold down the ALT key and press F12, Call Soft will grab the highlighted text i.e. 713-555-1212 and dial it. Your hot keys can be a single key or combination of 2 keys using the ALT, CTRL or SHIFT plus a second key. For example ALT + 2 or SHIFT + HOME.
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| See Also:
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| Dialing Setup
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| Call Scheduler
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| Caller ID Setup
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