Using skype and excel to auto dial
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This document provides instructions for using Skype and Excel to auto-dial phone numbers from a spreadsheet. It explains that you need a Skype account with calling credits or subscription, the Skype Click to Call application installed, and an Excel spreadsheet or CSV with phone numbers. It then describes using a HYPERLINK formula to insert a callto: link next to each phone number that will initiate a Skype call when clicked, and a similar formula to create email links from an email column.
Using skype and excel to auto dial
- 1. Using Skype and Excel to Auto-Dial PAUL MISNER PAUL@PAULMISNER.COM 1-410-740-3490 SKYPE:VPNDUDE
- 2. What you need Skype Account with Outbound Calling Credits, or a Subscription (Recommended) Skype Click to Call Application Excel spreadsheet or CSV with phone numbers
- 3. Assumptions Skype is installed Skype click to call app is installed
- 4. What you do Open a new column next to your phone number (Column B). (let’s call the new column “C”) Type the following =HYPERLINK("callto:+1"&SUBSTITUTE(B2," ","")) What does this mean HYPERLINK = handle like an URL callto: = url code for calls +1 country code (Change for your country) & = Concatenate with the following Substitute(B2,” “,””) = Removes blank spaces from cell
- 5. Bonus Email Use a similar command to launch Outlook. =HYPERLINK("mailto:"&D2)
- 6. DEMO
- 7. Need any help Email paul@paulmisner.com Call 1-410-740-3490 Skype VPNDUDE