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George - 07 Dec 2005 08:19 GMT

How can I disable Outlook from formatting phone numbers? It inserts a blank
after the third number and it messes up the synchronization with my mobile
phone. Thank you

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 07 Dec 2005 09:57 GMT

You can't. Masking of phone numbers is hard coded.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> How can I disable Outlook from formatting phone numbers? It inserts a
> blank
> after the third number and it messes up the synchronization with my mobile
> phone. Thank you

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George - 07 Dec 2005 10:15 GMT

Unbelievable, but thanks :)

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George

> You can't. Masking of phone numbers is hard coded.
> > How can I disable Outlook from formatting phone numbers? It inserts a
> > blank
> > after the third number and it messes up the synchronization with my mobile
> > phone. Thank you

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 07 Dec 2005 10:27 GMT

Not really. Outlook serves as the database for countless synch programs. Its
job is to present a consistent interface. If the synch software has a
special formatting need, it is up to the developers of that software to
provide it.

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Russ Valentine
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> Unbelievable, but thanks :)
>
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>> > mobile
>> > phone. Thank you

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George - 08 Dec 2005 06:01 GMT

Well, I have to disagree, a strong and good program such as Microsoft's
Outlook, should allow the user set his/her own parameters and formatting. But
anyway, this is not the place to discuss this. Keep up the good work, and
best regards

George

> Not really. Outlook serves as the database for countless synch programs. Its
> job is to present a consistent interface. If the synch software has a
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> >> > mobile
> >> > phone. Thank you

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Siv - 08 Dec 2005 11:27 GMT

I'm from Norway and we've also encountered this problem in m
organization, with Outlook automatically formatting the phone number
and then messing up the mobile phones ability to recognize our contact
phone numbers when i.e. receiving a new call.
We had to change the Phone and Modem Options setting in Outlook fro
"Norway" to "USA" and then remove the selection "Automatically ad
country code to local phone numbers" in the Dialing Options dialog box
This stopped Outlook from entering blank spaces. I don't think this is
very good solution, but it worked for us.

Si

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Si

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Steve King - 19 Dec 2005 18:51 GMT

> Not really. Outlook serves as the database for countless synch programs. Its
> job is to present a consistent interface. If the synch software has a
> special formatting need, it is up to the developers of that software to
> provide it.

You'd think that if Outlook was trying to provide a consistent interface
that it would use the ITU-T E.123 international formatting standard.
Or, omit the punctuation altogether and provide only digits in exported
phone numbers.

It would be nice to be able to specify the formatting mask as part of
the view customization, while exporting and programatic access continues
to use the "standard" format.

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Steve King <s.king@gyricon.com>

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Dec 2005 21:05 GMT

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>> Not really. Outlook serves as the database for countless synch programs.
>> Its job is to present a consistent interface. If the synch software has a
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> view customization, while exporting and programatic access continues to
> use the "standard" format.

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