How do I autoformat contact phone numbers in Outlook?

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Alec - 29 Dec 2004 21:33 GMT

In my prior Outlook configuration (which somehow got lost,) any phone number
typed into a phone number field in a contact would be reformatted to (xxx)
xxx-xxxx. I'd like to get that functionality back, any ideas how?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 30 Dec 2004 23:40 GMT

Set your dialing location correctly.

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Russ Valentine
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> In my prior Outlook configuration (which somehow got lost,) any phone
> number
> typed into a phone number field in a contact would be reformatted to (xxx)
> xxx-xxxx. I'd like to get that functionality back, any ideas how?

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James - 03 Feb 2005 16:19 GMT

What does that mean? How do you do it?

> Set your dialing location correctly.
> > In my prior Outlook configuration (which somehow got lost,) any phone
> > number
> > typed into a phone number field in a contact would be reformatted to (xxx)
> > xxx-xxxx. I'd like to get that functionality back, any ideas how?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 03 Feb 2005 21:21 GMT

Depends on your operating system. In Windows XP, it's Control Panel > Phone
and Modem options...

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Russ Valentine
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> What does that mean? How do you do it?
>
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>> > (xxx)
>> > xxx-xxxx. I'd like to get that functionality back, any ideas how?

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