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Modifying Phone Button Templates

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Chapter Modifying Phone Button Templates • Personal Address Book (PAB) • Speed Dials • Address Book Synchronization Tool (TABSynch) Users can access Personal Directory features by these methods: • From a web browser-Users can access the PAB and Speed Dials features from the Cisco Unified Communications Manager User Options web pages • From the Cisco Unified IP Phone-Choose Contacts to search the corporate directory or the user's personal directory. • From a Microsoft Windows application-Users can use the TABSynch tool to synchronize their PABs with Microsoft Windows Address Book (WAB). Customers who want to use the Microsoft Outlook Address Book (OAB) should begin by importing the data from the OAB into the Windows Address Book (WAB). TabSync can then be used to synchronize the WAB with Personal Directory. To ensure that Cisco IP Phone Address Book Synchronizer users have access only to end-user data that pertains to them, activate the Cisco UXL Web Service in Cisco Unified Serviceability. To configure Personal Directory from a web browsers, users must access their User Options web pages. You must provide users with a URL and login information. To synchronize with Microsoft Outlook, users must install the TABSynch utility, provided by you. To obtain the TABSynch software to distribute to users, choose Application > Plugins from Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, then locate and click Cisco IP Phone Address Book Synchronizer. Modifying Phone Button Templates Phone button templates let you assign speed dials and call-handling features to programmable line buttons. Call-handling features that can be assigned to buttons include call forward, hold, and conference. Ideally, you modify templates before registering phones on the network. In this way, you can access customized phone button template options from Cisco Unified Communications Manager during registration. To modify a phone button template, choose Device > Device Settings > Phone Button Template in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration. To assign a phone button template to a phone, use the Phone Button Template field in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Phone Configuration page. Refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide and Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide for more information. • The default Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921 template that ships with the phone uses buttons 1 and 2 for lines. • The default Cisco Unified IP Phone 6941 template that ships with the phone uses buttons 1 through 4 for lines. • The default Cisco Unified IP Phone 6945 template that ships with the phone uses buttons 1 through 4 for lines. • The default Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961 template that ships with the phone uses buttons 1 through 12 for lines. To avoid confusion for users, do not assign a feature to a button and a softkey at the same time. For more information about softkey templates, see Configuring Softkey Templates, page 5-19. Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921, 6941, 6945, and 6961 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SCCP and SIP) OL-23769-01 5-17

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Chapter
Modifying Phone Button Templates
Personal Address Book (PAB)
Speed Dials
Address Book Synchronization Tool (TABSynch)
Users can access Personal Directory features by these methods:
From a web browser—Users can access the PAB and Speed Dials features from the Cisco Unified
Communications Manager User Options web pages
From the Cisco Unified IP Phone—Choose
Contacts
to search the corporate directory or the user’s
personal directory.
From a Microsoft Windows application—Users can use the TABSynch tool to synchronize their
PABs with Microsoft Windows Address Book (WAB). Customers who want to use the Microsoft
Outlook Address Book (OAB) should begin by importing the data from the OAB into the Windows
Address Book (WAB). TabSync can then be used to synchronize the WAB with Personal Directory.
To ensure that Cisco IP Phone Address Book Synchronizer users have access only to end-user data that
pertains to them, activate the Cisco UXL Web Service in Cisco Unified Serviceability.
To configure Personal Directory from a web browsers, users must access their User Options web pages.
You must provide users with a URL and login information.
To synchronize with Microsoft Outlook, users must install the TABSynch utility, provided by you. To
obtain the TABSynch software to distribute to users, choose
Application > Plugins
from Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration, then locate and click
Cisco IP Phone Address Book
Synchronizer
.
Modifying Phone Button Templates
Phone button templates let you assign speed dials and call-handling features to programmable line
buttons. Call-handling features that can be assigned to buttons include call forward, hold, and
conference.
Ideally, you modify templates before registering phones on the network. In this way, you can access
customized phone button template options from Cisco Unified Communications Manager during
registration.
To modify a phone button template, choose
Device > Device Settings > Phone Button Template
in
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration. To assign a phone button template to a phone,
use the Phone Button Template field in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration
Phone Configuration page. Refer to
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide
and
Cisco Unified Communications Manager System Guide
for more information.
The default Cisco Unified IP Phone 6921 template that ships with the phone uses buttons 1 and 2
for lines.
The default Cisco Unified IP Phone 6941 template that ships with the phone uses buttons 1 through
4 for lines.
The default Cisco Unified IP Phone 6945 template that ships with the phone uses buttons 1 through
4 for lines.
The default Cisco Unified IP Phone 6961 template that ships with the phone uses buttons 1 through
12 for lines.
To avoid confusion for users, do not assign a feature to a button and a softkey at the same time.
For more information about softkey templates, see
Configuring Softkey Templates, page 5-19
.