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How to create, change, or delete a greeting

 

 

Creating Another Greeting in Addition to the First Greeting

Follow these instructions if you would like to create another
greeting in addition to any greeting you have already recorded.
You can have up to 9 greetings recorded on your voice mail, but only 1 active at a time.

Dial system access number On Campus: 2545
Off Campus: (973) 720-2545
Extension number Enter your 4 digit extension number and the # sign.
Password Enter your 6 digit password and the # sign.
At the main menu Press 3 - Administer Personal Greetings
At the personal greetings menu Press 1 - to Create, Change or Delete a greeting
Enter greeting number Enter a number from 2-9, depending on what number greeting you are recording.
For example, if this is your second greeting, press 2.
Record greeting After the beep, record your greeting.
When finished recording, press 1 (to edit) or # (to approve)
Activate greeting?

Decide whether you want to activate this greeting right away or just save it to activate at a later time.

If you want this greeting active to answer all calls - press 1. By doing this, your new greeting will answer all incoming calls that go to voice mail. Your old greeting is still there, but is de-activated. It will remain there until you activate it once again or delete it.

If you don't want your newly recorded greeting activated yet, just press the # sign, after approving the greeting. When you are ready to activate this greeting, follow the instructions on how to activate another greeting.

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Changing an Existing Greeting

Follow these instructions if you want to change a greeting you have already recorded.

Dial system access number On Campus: 2545
Off Campus: (973) 720-2545
Extension number Enter your 4 digit extension number and the # sign.
Password Enter your 6 digit password and the # sign.
At the main menu Press 3 - Administer Personal Greetings
At the personal greetings menu Press 1 - Create, Change or Delete a greeting
Enter greeting number Enter in the number of the greeting you want to change.
For example, if you want to change your first greeting, press 1.
You will hear: "Greeting 1 recorded and active for all calls" Then you have several choices:
Press 0 - to listen to the greeting
Press 1 - to re-record
Press *3 (*D) - to delete the greeting.
To change the greeting Press 1 to re-record the greeting. This will record over the greeting you already have there.
When finished recording Press 1 - to edit
Press # - to approve
Activate greeting

If you recorded over a greeting that was active, the new greeting will automatically be active; you don't need to activate it yourself.

If you recorded over and approved a greeting that wasn't active, press 1 to activate that greeting to answer your calls. If you do not want to activate it yet, just press #.

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Deleting a Greeting

Follow these instructions if you want to delete any greeting that you have recorded.

Dial system access number

On Campus: 2545
Off Campus: (973) 720-2545

Extension number Enter your 4 digit extension number and the # sign.
Password Enter you 6 digit password and the # sign.
At the main menu Press 3 - Administer Personal Greeting
At the personal greetings menu Press 1 - Create, Change, or Delete a greeting.
Enter greeting number Press the number of the greeting you want to delete.
For example, if you want your third greeting deleted, press 3.
Delete greeting Press * 3 (* D) to delete the greeting.

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