The main feature of JPT is the ability to dial the phone. You can dial a number using any of several methods — JPT is all about flexibility. You can enter a number manually into the “Number to Dial” text field; you may search the Address Book, Microsoft Entourage, Now Contact, or Palm Desktop and dial any found number; you can dial a number from the clipboard (see the JPT menu); you can use the built-in dialpad to dial through your speakers; you can use the Quick Dial, Address Book Numbers, or Recently Dialed numbers menus; you can send a number to JPT via the contextual menu or Services menu; or you can use the application’s scriptability to pass a number to JPT through an Automator Action or with AppleScript (see “Scripting JPT” for more information). This scriptability enables JPT to be easily integrated with launchers such as LaunchBar or QuickSilver or applications such as FileMaker Pro. When you dial a number, it is automatically added to the call log and the Recently Dialed menu and you can then dial it again from either of these locations.

If the main interface window is not visible, you may select “Show Main Window” from the JPT menu in the menu bar designated with the JPT icon. While displaying the main window is necessary for searching and for manually entering numbers to dial, it is not necessary when dialing by way of AppleScript, using the Address Book numbers menu, the Quick Dial menu, or using the JPT menu to dial a number from the clipboard. To dial from the clipboard, simply copy any valid number (or an entire chunk of text that contains a number) and select “Dial Number on Clipboard” from the JPT menu. If you do copy more than just a single number, make sure your text only contains one valid number. If you have copied text that contains numbers other than the desired number to dial, you may get unexpected results.

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