Configuring Personal Address Book on your Cisco 8851 phone

OVERVIEW

The best way to program quick-dial numbers into the system is to use the Personal Address Book. This will allow you to call a favorite number with three button presses.

INSTRUCTIONS

On your Cisco Phone, press the "Directories" button next to the Settings gear

Press 1 for Personal address book
Press the button for "Add"

Enter the information you'd like in this list using the dial-pad (i'm looking for alternative entry methods here)
Press Save

You can access the PAB any time by pressing the Directories symbol. Press 1 to access the PAB and then scroll down to the number you want using the and press the Call button.