Cool Tip of the Day 60: Make Phone Calls

You
can use Microsoft® Office Communicator 2007 R2 to make one-click phone
calls to contacts in your Contact List. You can also call optional
numbers by clicking the options arrow to the right of the Call button.

Make a one-click phone call

In the Contact List, click the contact’s Call button.

Call an alternate phone number

In the Contact List, click the arrow to the right of the Call button, and then click the number you want to call.

Enter a phone number to call

Type the number in the Search box, and then click the Call button next to the number as it appears in the Search Results box.
You can enter an internal phone extension, an external number, an
alphanumeric number such as 425-555-TAXI, or a contact’s name.

Invite someone to a call

In the Conversation window, click the Invite button, and then select a contact, enter a name, or enter a number to call.

Do you have a tip or a trick to share? Send e-mail to trainuc@microsoft.com or leave a comment below.

Neeti Gupta
Product Manager, UC Technical Audience Marketing

Published Monday, July 27, 2009 6:39 PM
by
octeam

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 16, 2011
  but it does not have available the option to CALL please help I have reisntalled it three times and it is the same..

• Anonymous
  May 18, 2011
  Any way to set up pauses -- for example I call a conference number and need to wait for a prompt and then enter a passcode; or when I call a business that needs an extension -- it would be great to enable this via the dial string

• Anonymous
  July 05, 2011
  Haven't been able to complete 90% of my calls lately...

• Anonymous
  August 07, 2012
  Please troubleshhoot my communicator does not work anymore I can`t make a call

• Anonymous
  December 04, 2015
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