Phone BasicsSection 2A. Phone Basics 31Plus (+) Code DialingWhen placing international calls, you can use PlusCode Dialing to automatically enter the internationalaccess code for your location (for example, 011 forinternational calls placed from the United States).To make a call using Plus Code Dialing:1. Press and hold until a “+” appears on yourphone display.2. Dial the country code and phone number you’recalling and press . (The access code forinternational dialing will automatically be dialed,followed by the country code and phone number.)Using Abbreviated DialingAbbreviated Dialing is similar to speed dialing. You canuse either of the following abbreviated dialing features. Contacts Match – Retrieve any number saved in yourContacts by entering only the last four to six digits ofthe number. (See “Setting Abbreviated Dialing” onpage 66.) Prepend/Abbreviated Dialing – Prepend the first five orsix digits (for example, the area code and prefix) toany four or five digits you enter. Press to dial theresulting number. (See “Setting Abbreviated Dialing”on page 66 to register a prepend number andactivate the Prepend feature.)To place a call using Contacts Match Abbreviated Dialing:1. Enter the last four digits of a Contacts entry’sphone number.2. Press to call the displayed number. If there is more than one matched number in yourContacts, the Abbrev. Dial list is displayed. Selectthe name you want to call from the list, and thenpress to place a call.Sprint M540.book Page 31 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 3:38 PM
