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The phone's directory search works by applying a progressive match as you dial additional keys. That matching is applied simultaneously to all parts of the names.
Starting by pressing 4 (the GHI key), matches all names where part of the name begins with a G, H or I.
Then pressing 3 (the DEF key) reduces the matches shown to those where part of the name begins with Gd, Ge, Gf, Hd, He and so on.
As you dial, the possible matches shown on the display reduce.
At any time, you can scroll the list of matches and select one of the matches or press another dialpad key to improve the matching further.
For example, to search for "Henry Jones", you can dial HENRY by pressing 43679.
| Dial | H | E | N | R | Y |
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| Matches | 4GHI | 3DEF | 6MNO | 7PQRS | 9WXYZ |
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Adam Johns
Bob Smith Claire Greggs Gemma Jones Harold Bishop Henrietta Green Henry Jones Henry Smith Ida James IT Helpdesk London Office John Smith Tony George Simon Henricks Sales Support Sales Help |
Claire Greggs
Gemma Jones Harold Bishop Henrietta Green Henry Jones Henry Smith Ida James IT Helpdesk Tony George Simon Henricks Sales Help |
Gemma Jones
Henrietta Green Henry Jones Henry Smith Ida James IT Helpdesk Tony George Simon Henricks Sales Help |
Gemma Jones
Henrietta Green Henry Jones Henry Smith Tony George Simon Henricks |
Henrietta Green
Henry Jones Henry Smith Tony George Simon Henricks |
Henry Jones
Henry Smith |
Alternatively to search for "Henry Jones", you could dial JONES by pressing 56637.
| Dial | J | O | N | E | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 5JKL | 6MNO | 6MNO | 3DEF | 7PQRS |
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Adam Johns
Bob Smith Claire Greggs Gemma Jones Harold Bishop Henrietta Green Henry Jones Henry Smith Ida James IT Helpdesk John Smith London Office Peter Johnson Tony George Simon Henricks Sales Support Sales Help |
Adam Johns
Gemma Jones Henry Jones Ida James John Smith London Office Peter Johnson |
Adams Johns
Gemma Jones Henry Jones John Smith London Office Peter Johnson |
Gemma Jones
Henry Jones London Office |
Gemma Jones
Henry Jones London Office |
Gemma Jones
Henry Jones |
The keys on the telephone number pad can be used to enter characters other than those marked on the button.
For example, though marked with just ABC, the 2 key also matches the accented forms of those characters, for example À, Á, Á, Ã, Ä, Å and Ç. The set of additional unmarked characters matched varies depending on the language settings of your system.
By default, the name matching is applied simultaneously all parts of the contact names, ie. the first, middle and last parts of the displayed names. Your system administrator can change this to a more basic search if required; for example to match from just the start of the first name or last name. However, the change applies to all phones on the system.