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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / January 2006removing area codes from mobile numbers
When entering a mobile phone number in contacts, outlook automatically cutts the leading digits off the number & re allocates them as an area code. This is incorrect and caused failure in dialing from a syncronised hand held device. Can anyone help? You cannot change how Outlook masks phone numbers.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > When entering a mobile phone number in contacts, outlook automatically > cutts > the leading digits off the number & re allocates them as an area code. > This > is incorrect and caused failure in dialing from a syncronised hand held > device. Can anyone help? I'm reluctant to accept this Russ, for the simple reason that some of my contacts allow me to manually remove the area code and some do not. There has to be a reason for this. If I put info in from scratch as a local number, there is no area code in my contact list. If I import a vCard from some sources, the area code springs back after I've deleted it, as soon as I hit Save & Close. I have a £400 hand-held that is useless for phone calls because it can't read brackets and it's the brackets which Outlook insists on putting around area codes that causes me grief. Can ANYONE out there tell me how to get rid of the brackets or even how to reformat my vCard template to a different country format? SignatureThanks in advance for your help Scott. > You cannot change how Outlook masks phone numbers. > > When entering a mobile phone number in contacts, outlook automatically [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > is incorrect and caused failure in dialing from a syncronised hand held > > device. Can anyone help? Believe what you wish. Masking of phone numbers in Outlook is hard coded and based on the default dialing location of your operating system and the settings you specify in Outlook's dialing options. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > I'm reluctant to accept this Russ, for the simple reason that some of my > contacts allow me to manually remove the area code and some do not. There [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> > is incorrect and caused failure in dialing from a syncronised hand held >> > device. Can anyone help? Store your phone numbers, including mobile numbers, in full international format, inlcuding the "+" sign and the country code: +ccc (aaa) nnn Your mobile device should dial correctly. Store all numbers this way. Don't assume that mobile numbers don't include an area code. In most countries, they do. Don't include the leading "0"; it's a dialing prefix, not part of the phone number. For example, store UK mobile numbers like this: +44 (7aaa) nnnnnn. Not like this: 07nnnnnnnnn. > I'm reluctant to accept this Russ, for the simple reason that some of my > contacts allow me to manually remove the area code and some do not. There has [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > is incorrect and caused failure in dialing from a syncronised hand held > > > device. Can anyone help?
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