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Entering Names
You can use the telephone dialpad to enter the names of
contacts into the 9617 telephone.
Before you can use the dialpad to enter a name, you must
first save or edit a number in the Directory or memory key.
After you have entered the telephone number, the
telephone display prompts you to enter a name. To enter
a letter, press the corresponding key on the dialpad until
the letter you want appears. Once you see the character
you want, wait two seconds for the cursor to shift to the
right, or press
‘
. Repeat this process for the rest
of the letters.To insert a space, press
‘
.
If you want to erase a letter (or a mistake), press
“
.
The first letter of each word is automatically capitalized.
To display upper case letters elsewhere, press
˙
,
then press the appropriate dialpad key until you see the
letter you want.
For example, to enter the name
Ruth
, press the following
dialpad keys, waiting for 2 seconds where indicated:
‡
‡
‡
[2 sec pause]
°
°
[2 sec pause]
°
[2 sec
pause]
›
›
.
For more information, refer to the following topic:
■
The characters each dialpad key can produce
on
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