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Call Log

Details of the calls placed or received through Dialectic are recorded to a log file. The Call Log window provides an interface to this log and allows you augment & annotate the call entries. To summon the Call Log window, click the grid button in the main window. Alternatively, choose “Show Call Log” from the main menu. In addition to showing the log, the Call Log window can also be used to act on your call history (dial calls, add them to the Quick Dial list, etc.). For more information, see the Call Log Action menu.

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In addition to logging the calls made by Dialectic or incoming calls detected by devices Dialectic is monitoring, you can also use AppleScript to add entries for incoming calls from external sources not directly monitored by Dialectic.

The Call Log window has two parts. The upper part is the list of calls. The lower part is the detail section for the entry selected in the call list. (If you don’t see the lower part, double-click the splitter bar; drag the splitter bar to resize the space allotted for the log and the detail section.)

In the list section, you can edit the name of the contact and enable or disable the flag property as desired. These are the only properties that are editable in the list view. In the detail view, you can also add a note for the selected call entry. Use the note field to keep track of important information about the call.

The displayed columns, from left to right, are:

You may sort the log by any of the displayed columns. Simply click on the column header cell of the sort parameter you want to use to sort by that data. Click again on the same column header and the data will be sorted in reverse order.

Individual call entries can be deleted from the Action menu or by using the Command-Delete keyboard equivalent. To clear the entire log, use the “Clear Entire Log” item from the Action menu.

To dismiss the Call Log window, click its close button, or click the grid button in the main window, or choose Hide Call Log from the main menu.

Related Topics

Call Log Preferences

Notes & Flags

Selection Actions

Auto-Entering Missing Name Information

Exporting, Emailing, & Printing

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