I rather suspect the OP was talking about the address book not the Contacts
Folder. The Outlook Address Book has always included all electronic
addresses. Outlook considers fax numbers to be valid electronic addresses,
since there are many client- and server-based components that can use such
addresses. And yses, many people still use them.

One method to hide fax numbers from the address book is to prefix the fax
number with one or more letters (maybe B for business fax, H for home, O for
other). If the fax number begins with a letter, Outlook won't show it in the
address book.

There are a couple of utilities that can help you hide fax numbers from the
address book. See http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/rshifa.htm and
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook_Solutions.htm (Hide Fax Numbers).

Another way to avoid avoid having fax numbers appear in the address book is
simply not to enter data in the fax fields. Put fax numbers in some other
(non-phone) fields.