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Voice Mail Tutorial

Voice Mail Special Keys

Use the [*] key to:

  • Exit from a menu (return to previous menu).
  • Cancel the previous action
  • Leave the system from the main menu.
  • Identify yourself as a user.

Use [**] to:

  • Quickly return to the main menu from a sub-menu.
  • Leave the system (this is the proper way to back out of the Voice Mail system).

Use the [#] key to:

  • Complete a step.
  • Skip a message you are reviewing.
  • Send a message.
  • Identify yourself as a user.
  • Skip a personal greeting (you cannot skip an extended absence greeting).

Use [##] to:

  • Skip all new messages to get to your archived messages.

Use the [0] key to:

  • Hear more options or play all available options.
  • For outside callers, they can get out of your mailbox and reach the designated operator escape.

 

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