Telephone features and instructions
Note: If your traditional phone has been replaced by the UniCom service (using Lync and/or a USB or IP phone), see Learn how to use UniCom.
On this page:
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Available features for telephone service
- Using office telephones
Calls |
Settings
- Using specific office telephone models
Caller ID |
Meridian
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Using a telephone in campus
housing at IUB and IUPUI
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Long distance
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Troubleshooting
- Voice mail (Unified Messaging Service [UMS])
Available features for telephone service
General instructions for office telephones
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Calls
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Forwarding calls
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Placing a call on hold
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Redialing
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Speakerphone
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Speed dial (storing numbers on your telephone)
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Speed calling (storing numbers on your line, regardless
of equipment)
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Three-way calling and transferring calls
- Using the directory
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Forwarding calls
- Settings
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Instructions for specific office telephones
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Caller ID telephones
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Answering a second incoming call
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Ignoring the area code on some incoming calls
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Making a conference call from a two-line office telephone at IUB
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Programming memory keys for special features on a Caller ID office telephone
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Tips for using Caller ID telephones
- Turning call waiting Caller ID display on or off
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Answering a second incoming call
- Meridian telephones
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Caller ID telephones
Instructions for using a telephone in campus housing at IUB and IUPUI
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Making a local call
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Telephone service features and packages available in IUB and IUPUI campus housing
- Three-way calling and transferring calls
Long distance
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Your Authorization Code for departmental long distance calls from on campus
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If you lose your Authorization Code or departmental calling card
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Long distance corporate rates at IUB and IUPUI
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Making a long distance or international business call
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Personal long distance calls
Troubleshooting
For troubleshooting help, see Telephone support and repair requests.
Voice mail (Unified Messaging Service [UMS])
- Unified Messaging Service (UMS)
- Controlling what information you hear when you call UMS to listen to your messages
- Checking your email in UMS
- Checking your voice mail in UMS
- Forwarding a UMS voice mail message
- Getting started with UMS for IUB or IUPUI campus housing residents
- Getting started with UMS for IUB or IUPUI faculty and staff
- Telephone numbers for UMS
- UMS voice mail quick-reference guide
- Using UMS from off campus

