some observations:
1. Great site for techs to pass tips and tricks back and forth.
2. If the above links were on my site I would probably have to remove them once they became posted in here, due to the fact that bandwidth is not free. They tell two friends etc, ad infinitum.
3. Marlene; a new phone system can be daunting to someone who has no experience with them. Yes you could read the above manuals, and after 3 or 4 hours you may be able to make your phones ring. Or you may not. Either way I am sure you value your time more than that. May I suggest looking in your local yellow pages for a Nortel dealer. They would be able to program your phones in 5 minutes, and give you some insight and training into what they are capable of