With the Dialer screen you can make calls using the ten digit keypad that you usually find on traditional phones. Keys from two to nine also contains letters. These letters can be used to search for contacts. The plus button on the bottom-left can be used to add the plus symbol if it's the first key you touch. After you have tapped the first key, the plus key becomes the phone key that can be used to dial the number you've entered. The zero key can be used to input spaces when searching for contacts or to match special characters (i.e. symbols). Use the backspace key on the bottom-right to delete the last number you've tapped. You can also tap and hold to automatically delete numbers faster. Keys emits the DMTF tones when touched. You can disable this feature on the settings (ABContacts -> Dialer -> Dialer Keypad). Keys one through nine also have another feature. If you tap and hold them they will call the corresponding favorite number (see favorites section of the user's guide).

For example, this screenshot shows the contacts found with keys 2-6-3. There's a match on the first name A-N-D-.... and the last name A-N-D... Search is done on first name, last name, company and notes (if enabled on the settings, see the contacts page of this guide). The search is performed as you type the keys. This way you can stop typing as soon as you found the contact you're searching. If you're not searching a contact but you're typing a number you can tap the phone key on the bottom-left to call the number you've entered.

If you're searching a contact and you find it, you can tap the contact name to call the first phone number in the order set on the settings (ABContacts -> General -> Numbers sorting). Remember that "main" labeled numbers always comes first and unlabeled numbers always comes last. Other label numbers order depends on the setting. If you want to call another number or you want to send an sms or an email you can simply open the quick actions window double tapping on the contact.

This screenshot shows another example for keys 6-0-7. The first match is "Gary O'Reilly". The match comes from 6 for "O", 0 for the apostrophe, 7 for the "R". Remember that the zero matches every symbol that is not a letter or a number 1-9. The second match is "Harold Roberts - McFarland Inc.". The match comes from 6 for "M" in "McFarland", 0 for a space, 7 for "R" in Roberts. Other matches are similar to the last one. This example shows that you can search for multiple words using the zero as a separator or words with symbols using the zero for the symbol. Words with symbols can also be searched considering them as multiple words. For example "O'Reilly" will be found even if you type "7-3" for "R-E" because "Reilly" is searched as a single word.

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