Telephone Book and Lists > Telephone Book > Editing a Contact

Editing a Contact
A contact that has already been configured, can be edited later.
Proceed as follows:
Using COMfortel Set to Edit a Contact
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Open the page Telephone book and click the Edit tab.
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Start of the list: Jumps to the first contact in the telephone book.
Previous contact: Jumps to the previous contact in the telephone book.
Next contact: Jumps to the next contact in the telephone book.
End of the list: Jumps to the last contact in the telephone book.
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Alternatively, you can double-click a phone number for the contact to be edited directly on the page Telephone book (Telephone book tab). After this, the menu for editing the contacting question opens automatically.
Only contacts configured on the telephone can be edited or deleted. The internal numbers as well as the telephone book/short-code numbers on the PBX can only be changed using the configuration manager on the PBX.
 
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In the Kind list field, select one of the following options:
business: Defines the phone number to be entered as a business number.
mobile (business): Defines the phone number to be entered as a business mobile number.
private: Defines the phone number to be entered as a private number.
mobile (private): Defines the phone number to be entered as a private mobile number.
call macro: Allows a macro to be entered.
comment: Allows a comment to be entered.
fax: Defines the phone number to be entered as a fax number.
user-specified: Defines the phone number to be entered as a user-defined number.
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In the Type list field, select one of the following options:
internally: Defines the phone number to be entered as an internal number.
externally: Defines the phone number to be entered as an external number.
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In the Telephone no entry field, enter the phone number.
Using the Telephone to Edit a Contact
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Press the telephone book key.
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Note: Only contacts configured on the telephone can be edited or deleted. The internal numbers as well as the contacts/short-code numbers on the PBX can only be changed using the configuration manager on the PBX.
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The following information about the contact is shown on the display:
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Important: If you must prefix e.g. an exchange line access number when entering/selecting a phone number, depends on the exchange line request (automatic, direct exchange line telephone, internal telephone) that was configured in the PBX (see Advanced Information of the PBX).
A changed in call acceptance/an announcement made here is only taken into account if special call acceptance/an announcement for telephone book contacts has been enabled.
Note: When entering multiple numbers or call macros, the last entry configured or changed is used as the default number.
 
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COMfortel 1600 - Firmware V2.2 - COMfortel Set V3.16 - Advanced Information V10 02/2019