Placing and Receiving Calls
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Forwarding Incoming Calls
Don’t you hate missing phone calls? Your caller can leave a message, but sometimes you really don’t want to miss that special call. And, you don’t have to. If you have a Phone Out account, you can forward all of your incoming Messenger calls—PC-to-PC and Phone In—to a traditional phone or a mobile phone.
Note: Forwarded calls are deducted from your Phone Out account at the standard rates.
Here’s How
In the Messenger window, click the Yahoo! Voice button below your name, then select Call Forwarding > Add a Number.
The Call Forward Number window opens.
Type the number of the phone to which you want to forward your calls, then click the OK button.
The number you typed now appears selected in the Yahoo! Voice menu.
You can add additional numbers to your forwarded calls list, then you can choose the number to which you want to forward your calls.
After setting up call forwarding, the phone icon in the button includes an arrow (
). This reminds you that you’re forwarding
your Messenger calls.By the way: You can forward calls while signed into Messenger. As long as you see the forwarded calls icon, all incoming calls to your PC will go to the phone of your choice.
What’s Next: Turning Off Call Forwarding
You can turn call forwarding off by clicking the Yahoo! Voice button, and then selecting Call Forwarding > Disabled.
Words to Know
- PC-to-PC calling: the ability to call another person’s computer from your computer; similar to placing a phone call. Both you and the person you are calling must have a Yahoo! ID and be logged into Yahoo! Messenger.
- Yahoo! Phone In: a premium, subscription-based service of Yahoo! Voice that attaches a phone number to your Yahoo! ID so that you can receive phone calls to your computer through Messenger.
- Yahoo! Phone Out: a pre-paid Yahoo! Voice account that allows you to make calls using Messenger from your computer to any regular phone or mobile phone in over 30 countries.