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The click-to-dial function of Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite lets you dial a phone number with one click from within the following applications:
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Click to dial is enabled and ready to use once you have installed the Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite desktop application and have configured your Preferences in the Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite screen as described in the chapter. For the list of Cisco Unified IP Phones that support click to dial, see .
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If your computer security software, such as Cisco Security Agent, monitors the loading of plug-ins to Microsoft Outlook and Micorsoft Office applications, you may receive security warnings for Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite plug-ins as you open these applications. Typically, these warnings ask you to verify that the monitored activity is valid. The default response of such warnings is usually to deny the request; therefore, be sure to allow the actions initiated by the plug-ins or Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite application. Using Click to Dial from Microsoft OutlookMake sure that the Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite icon
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If you already have contact names configured in Microsoft Outlook, you can use click to dial. If you do not have any contact names configured, you need to configure at least one contact before you can use click to dial. To use the click-to-dial feature to call any phone number for any of your contacts, follow these steps: Procedure Step 1
The contact name appears in the toolbar next to the Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite icon
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All the phone numbers that you have already configured for this contact now appear. Step 3
A pop-up window briefly displays to indicate that Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite is dialing the number.
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As soon as the remote party answers the call, the speaker of the phone you have configured to use for click-to-dial is activated. Re-enabling the Microsoft Outlook Plug-InThe Microsoft Outlook click-to-dial plug-in phonesuite_outlookaddin is enabled during installation of Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite. However, if the plug-in subsequently becomes disabled, the Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite icon
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You can use the click-to-dial feature from within Microsoft Office 2003 applications with Smart Tag support. These applications include Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel. When you install Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite, Microsoft Windows' Smart Tags are enabled within these Microsoft Office applications. By entering a valid phone number in a Word, Excel or PowerPoint document, you can dial that number by using the associated Smart Tag. This section contains these topics: •
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You can read the online help about Smart Tags in any of your Microsoft Office applications, but has a few important tips to help ensure that the Smart Tags are in effect for Cisco Unified Application Phone Suite.
Table 4 Smart Tag Tips Application Tip All Microsoft Office applications that support Smart Tags •
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Microsoft Office Word Phone numbers must be separated by a space or a blank line before the Smart Tag will appear. Microsoft Office Excel Smart Tags will not appear until you have clicked outside the cell in which you have entered a phone number. shows some examples of valid phone number formats. Table 5
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Country
415-222-3333
Mobile phone NANP
(020)222-3333
Outside Amsterdam
222-3333
US local
222 3333
US local
(020) 222 3333
Outside Amsterdam
+31 20 222 3333
Outside the Netherlands
1 415 222 3333
Outside San Francisco
415 222 3333
Mobile phones NANP
+1 415 222 3333
Outside NANP
222 333
Within Oslo
(02) 222 333
Within Norway, outside Oslo
+47 2 333 4444
Outside Norway
(020) 222 3333
Within Norway including Oslo
+47 2233 4444
Outside Norway
01 22 33 44 55
Paris
02 222 3333
Brussels
022 222 33333
Geneva
021 222 3333
Cape Town
+420 233 444 5555
Prague
4152223333
Mobile phones NANP
Some Valid Phone Number Formats
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To dial a phone number from within a Mircosoft Office application using Smart Tags, follow these steps: Procedure Step 1
For information on accepted formats for phone numbers, see . If Smart Tags are enabled, faint dotted lines will appear under each recognized phone number, as shown in the following example below:
In addition, when you move your cursor directly over the phone number, the Smart Tag action button (a circled "i") should appear. If the dotted lines and the Smart Tag action button do not appear as described, the Smart Tags may have become disabled. In this situation, see the . Step 2
With this icon, a popup menu also displays and lists all the Smart Tag options from which to choose. See for a description of each Smart Tag option. Step 3
If you choose to dial the number, a pop-up window briefly displays to indicate that Cisco Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite is dialing the number.
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As soon as the remote party answers the call, the speaker of the phone you have configured to use for click-to-dial is activated.
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Table 6 Smart Tag Menu Options Option Description Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite: nnn-nnnn Display-only field where nnn-nnnn is the phone number associated with the Smart Tag. Call Selecting this item causes Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite to attempt to dial the number associated with the Smart Tag. Add to Outlook Contacts Displays the Contact screen, in which you can add information to create a new Microsoft Outlook contact to your Outlook Personal Contacts list. Remove this Smart Tag Removes the Smart Tag from this one instance of the phone number. This is a generic Microsoft-supplied Smart Tag item. Stop recognizing "nnn-nnnn" Two choices appear from this option: •
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This is a generic Microsoft-supplied Smart Tag item. Smart Tag Options Displays the AutoCorrect screen. This is a generic Microsoft-supplied Smart Tag item. Customizing Phone Number Recognizer The regular expressions that are used by the Smart Tag Plug-in to recognize phone numbers in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel documents are defined in the smarttagrules.xml configuration file. This file is located at: You can define up to five regular expressions for phone-number recognition. For the expressions to take effect after you change the content of the smarttagrules.xml file, you must restart the Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite desktop application and all Microsoft Office applications.
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If the Smart Tag icon does not appear when you move your cursor directly over a phone number, first check to make sure that the phone number is in the correct format. Refer to . If the format is correct, it is possible that the Smart Tags feature became disabled. To re-enable Smart Tags, follow these steps: Procedure Step 1
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The Smart Tag actions button (circled "i") should now appear when you move your cursor directly over a phone number. Using Click to Dial from the Desktop ApplicationTo use click to dial from the Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite desktop application, follow these steps:
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Choosing this item brings up a sub-menu called Recent Outbound Calls, from which you can choose to dial a number or clear the list of all records. If you want to clear the list of records, click on Clear All Outbound Call Records. However, if you want to make a call, proceed to Step 2. Step 2
A pop-up window briefly displays to indicate that Cisco Unified Phone Application Suite is dialing the number. If you receive a message indicating that a connectivity problem exists, see . As soon as the remote party answers the call, the speaker of the phone you have configured to use for click-to-dial is activated. Troubleshooting Connectivity IssuesIf you receive a connectivity-issue error message when trying to make a call using click to dial, try performing these steps: Procedure Step 1
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