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🔍 Before You Begin
What you will need:
- An active phone number in your NumberBarn account on the Forward or Unlimited plan
- Configure calls to send to a "Menu"
What are Basic Menus used for?
- Configure keys 0-9 to send callers to a phone number or voicemail
- Allow callers to press a key on their keypad to reach the information they need.
- Each key press can have a different configuration from the list of options
- The forwarding numbers can be different or the same phone number for each key press option
📋 Steps
Add Menu
| 1 | Login to your account | ||
| 2 | Select Numbers | ||
| 3 | Click on the number you wish to edit | ||
| 4 | Click the dropdown next to Send all calls to a Menu |
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| 5 | Click the Edit Menu button | ||
| 6 | Use the Configure Menu pop-up to complete the next steps |
Add Greeting
▶️ See Assign a Greeting ⚙️
▶️ See Add a New Greeting ⚙️
Configure Key Press
| 1 | On the Configure Menu pop-up, click on a Key Press to Add or Edit Option. | ||
| 2 | Click the dropdown for On key press, send call to options and choose from the following: | ||
| Disabled |
➡️ Choose to not use a specific Key Press, actions will follow based on your No or Invalid Key press settings (see Step #3) |
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| Forward |
➡️ On Key press, calls are forwarded to a phone number and choose Caller ID options. ▶️ See Configure Call Forwarding ⚙️ |
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| Voicemail |
➡️ On Key press, the voicemail message currently assigned to that phone number will play. ▶️ See Voicemail Overview 📖 |
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| Repeat Message |
➡️ On Key press, the assigned Menu Greeting plays again. |
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| 3 | Set options for Invalid Key Press and No Key Press |
➡️ When either actios happens, you can choose what takes place on the call. |
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| 4 | Click Save Menu button |
✅ What's Next
- Callers will be routed to hear the outbound message greeting
- They can choose a key press option,
- Once the option is selected (pressed), the call is routed using the configured settings
- If forwarding to another phone number, the call will route based on that phone number's specific settings
- See Test Number Settings 🛠️ to review configuration
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