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Customize Phone & Video Calls settings, Use dialing shortcuts, Set your dialing method

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7 To switch the call audio to a different device, do one of the following: • To switch from the headset to the speakers on your HP TouchPad: Disconnect the headset. • To switch from the headset to a connected smartphone: Tap , and then tap Phone. For more information on using the Bluetooth feature on your device, see Bluetooth® wireless technology. Customize Phone & Video Calls settings Use dialing shortcuts Dialing shortcuts add a prefix at the beginning of a number, so you can dial an extension instead of the whole number. 1 Open Phone & Videos Calls . 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. 3 Under Dialing Shortcuts, tap Add a number. 4 Set the following: When I Dial: Tap this field and select the number of digits you need to enter to have your device add a dialing prefix. Use This Dialing Prefix: Enter the prefix to be added at the beginning of the dialed number. The combination of prefix and digits you enter must add up to a complete phone number. 5 Tap Done. Example: A complete phone number in your company's phone system has 11 numbers, for example, 1-408-555-1122. When dialing from a phone that's part of the system, you need to dial only the last five digits (51122). When you create a dialing shortcut on your device, you select "5 digit numbers" for When I Dial and enter "140855" in Use This Dialing Prefix. So when you dial your co-worker's five-digit extension (51122), your device automatically dials the whole number: 1-408-555-1122. Set your dialing method If you have both a Skype account and a connected smartphone (see Create a Skype account in Phone & Video Calls or Sign in to a Skype account in Phone & Video Calls), you can set whether your device dials calls using a connected smartphone or the Skype account. Alternatively, you can select to be prompted for the account to use each time you make a call. 1 Open Phone & Video Calls . 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. 3 In Use, tap one of the following: • To use a connected smartphone for outgoing calls: Tap Bluetooth. • To use your Skype account for outgoing calls: Tap Skype. • To see a prompt asking you which method you want to use every time you make a call: Tap Always Ask. 4 Tap Done. Select the smartphone to use for calls and text messages If your device is paired with more than one webOS smartphone, you can select the one to use for calls (and text messages, if supported). You can connect with only one smartphone at a time. 1 Open Phone & Video Calls . Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 133

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Chapter 11
:
Phone & Video Calls
133
7
To switch the call audio to a different device, do one of the
following:
To switch from the headset to the speakers on your HP TouchPad:
Disconnect the headset.
To switch from the headset to a connected smartphone: Tap
,
and then tap
Phone
.
For more information on using the Bluetooth feature on your device, see
Bluetooth® wireless technology
.
Customize Phone & Video Calls settings
Use dialing shortcuts
Dialing shortcuts add a prefix at the beginning of a number, so you can
dial an extension instead of the whole number.
1
Open
Phone & Videos Calls
.
2
Open the
application menu
and tap
Preferences & Accounts
.
3
Under
Dialing Shortcuts
, tap
Add a number
.
4
Set the following:
When I Dial:
Tap this field and select the number of digits you need
to enter to have your device add a dialing prefix.
Use This Dialing Prefix:
Enter the prefix to be added at the
beginning of the dialed number. The combination of prefix and
digits you enter must add up to a complete phone number.
5
Tap
Done
.
Example:
A complete phone number in your company’s phone system has
11 numbers, for example, 1-408-555-1122. When dialing from a phone
that’s part of the system, you need to dial only the last five digits (51122).
When you create a dialing shortcut on your device, you select “5 digit
numbers” for
When I Dial
and enter “140855” in
Use This Dialing Prefix
.
So when you dial your co-worker’s five-digit extension (51122), your
device automatically dials the whole number: 1-408-555-1122.
Set your dialing method
If you have both a Skype account and a connected smartphone (see
Create a Skype account in Phone & Video Calls
or
Sign in to a Skype
account in Phone & Video Calls
), you can set whether your device dials
calls using a connected smartphone or the Skype account. Alternatively,
you can select to be prompted for the account to use each time you make
a call.
1
Open
Phone & Video Calls
.
2
Open the
application menu
and tap
Preferences & Accounts
.
3
In
Use
, tap one of the following:
To use a connected smartphone for outgoing calls: Tap
Bluetooth
.
To use your Skype account for outgoing calls: Tap
Skype
.
To see a prompt asking you which method you want to use every
time you make a call: Tap
Always Ask
.
4
Tap
Done
.
Select the smartphone to use for calls and text messages
If your device is paired with more than one webOS smartphone, you can
select the one to use for calls (and text messages, if supported). You can
connect with only one smartphone at a time.
1
Open
Phone & Video Calls
.