92 Section 2B: Using Your Device’s Phone Features
Setting Your Abbreviated Dialing Preferences
Abbreviated dialing is used to automatically dial a complete phone number when
you enter a shortened version of that number. Shortened phone numbers are
typically used in corporate phone systems that allow internal users to dial an
extension number rather than the complete number.
For example, if your co-worker’s phone number is 1-555-222-1234, you may need
to dial only the last five digits of that number from an internal phone. In that
case, you would dial 21234. If that shortened five-digit internal number is
entered in your contact list or in a corporate Global Address List (GAL), your Treo
device device will attempt to dial an incomplete number because it is not on the
internal phone network.
If that is the case, use the abbreviated dialing settings to automatically complete
shortened numbers. For example, if all the phone numbers in your office begin
with 1-555-22, followed by a five-digit extension, set your smartphone to auto-
matically enter 1-555-22 as the prefix before any five-digit number. When you
enter your colleague’s five-digit extension, your device automatically dials
1-555-22 plus the 5-digit extension. The co
mplete number is 1-555-222-1234
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