I have Excel spreadsheets with prospect info, inclusive of their phone numbers, that I would like to be able to dial by clicking on the phone number when I have opened the spreadsheet on my IPhone. I am accessing the spreadsheet through Microsoft OneDrive on my IPhone. Multiple rows of data. One Prospect per row. All phone numbers reside in the same column.
Found this as a possible solution
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2066369
tested on my iPhone and it works for me.
Saved numbers in this format xxx-xxx-xxxx
Last edited by alansidman; 04-30-2016 at 03:29 PM.
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I can't find reference to dialing a phone number from Excel.
The only way that I know of is to import the numbers into a contact list that supports telephone calling. If you can import the Excel listing of telephone numbers and contacts then you should be able to call using the iPhone. I don't have an IPhone so can't test it.
This may help you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8gPv7B6g3k
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Thank you Alan! I did come across that post earlier. While it did work, making the phone numbers clickable, most of my prospect data was all jumbled up. Will try again though.
Thanks Newdoverman. That youtube video was not what I was looking for.
I think this one will help to make calls from spreadsheet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7tbpq4SavE
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Thank you Alkey. Trying to get it to work. Will update you soon.
I installed and tried the Skype Click to Call and it does work somewhat like the video. I created a file with a real telephone number and with the Click to Call, every number, even local, was going to be a toll call which I found to be rather disappointing.
I have found this that indicates that the iPhone can call a telephone number found on a web page. The web page can be produced the same way that is outlined in the video suggested by AlKey. The question comes down to whether or not the iPhone app will recognize the telephone numbers or if some coding has to be done to the number to make it recognizable.
Here is the link that I found http://https://developer.apple.com/l...honeLinks.html
Here is another that gives more detail on the construction of the telephone numbers
http://http://code.tutsplus.com/tuto...s--mobile-7667
This seems to be more of a HTML programming thing so that the iPhone will recognize the number.
The Skype idea doesn't have the same restrictions on how the numbers are entered but one would have to investigate the cost of the calls as they are not free unless coded to be free.
Last edited by newdoverman; 04-30-2016 at 06:50 PM.
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