Dialing calls
Your Treo offers several options for making phone calls. As you get familiar
with your Treo, you’ll discover which method you prefer.
Dialing with the keyboard
1. Press Phone
.
2. Using the numbered keys on the keyboard, start typing a phone number.
You do not need to press Option to access the numbers on the keyboard.
3. Press Center to dial.
Dialing by contact name
Before you can dial a call by contact name, you must create some contacts
(see page 47), or import them with a HotSync operation (see page 30) or
from your SIM card (see tip on page 48). The first time you display the
Contacts list, Treo asks if you would like to import any numbers from your
SIM card into your Contacts list.
1. Press Phone
.
2. Use the 5-way navigation control to access the Contacts list.
3. Using the keyboard, begin typing one of the following for the contact you
want to call:
• First initial and last name
• First name
• Last name
4. Choose the number you want to dial.
5. Press Center to dial.
To start another search, press Backspace
to delete letters you’ve
entered. Or, just press Phone
to start all over.
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Dialing with a Favorites button
Before you can use Favorites buttons, you must create some Favorites
entries. See page 49.
1. Press Phone
.
2. Use the 5-way navigation control to access your Favorites buttons.
3. Highlight the desired button.
4. Press Center to dial the selected button.
Dialing using the onscreen Dial Pad
1. Press Phone
.
2. Tap the onscreen Dial Pad to enter the number.
3. Press Center to dial.
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Dialing calls
To see more information for
a person in your Contacts
list, highlight the name and
press Center to view their
address, company and
other details.
You can begin a Name
Lookup immediately from
the Main view in the Phone
application. From the
Options menu, select
Display Preferences, and
choose Typing Starts
Contacts Search.
You can paste numbers
directly into the Dial Pad
view. Copy a number from
another application, then
switch to Dial Pad view.
Press Menu, then from the
Edit menu, choose Paste.
Press Center to dial.
