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Prefixes and suffixes

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Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefixes and suffixes are used to define the dialing operation for each zone. For example, if the international prefix is 00, there is no need to enter 00 in each international number.

If you live in a country with different telephone zones, when entering a local number, you can omit the zone prefix and only enter the local part of the number (such as "555-1234"). Simply set the number zone to Local Zone. For the numbers of other zones, enter the zone along with the number (such as "(212) 555-1234") and set the number zone to Interzone.

In the dialing setup, the local zone prefix is usually empty. Some countries neither need any interzone prefix. In most other countries, the interzone prefix is 0.

The international prefix is usually 00. Enter the country code along with the number (such as "(33) 1 45 67 89 01") and set the number zone to International.

If your office uses an in-house telephone device, you may need to dial a number to get access to an outside line. You can add this number to the prefixes of your dialing setup, except the In-house prefix that remains empty. Then you can use the In-house zone for numbers of other offices in the same building. When you are outside of the office, create a different dialing setup where the In-house prefix contains the missing beginning of the in-house numbers, and where the other prefixes omit the unneeded outside line access.

You can force a pause in the dialing by inserting a comma. This may be useful if an in-house device forces you to wait for the outside line and dial tone, before dialing the rest of the number. For example, if you must dial 9 to get an outside line, your international prefix will be "9,00" where 9 asks for the outside line, the comma waits for its dial tone, and 00 goes international.

Suffixes are only useful in certain in-house setups, and with certain telephone credit or debit cards. Some cards will work with Carnet by entering the whole card number as prefix and a # as suffix. In normal use, suffixes fields remain empty.

Prefixes and suffixes work like the numbers fields in the list: They accept any character, however they ignore any non-numeric character while dialing, except the comma, * and #.