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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / May 2006Country Selection and Area code
I create a contact and type a phone number and select a country. Save it. Then re-open and check the phone number...the area code that I inserted is there but the country reverts back to the default country. How could I get the country that I select to be retained Thanks for your help You did not post your Outlook version. You did not post how you "select a country." Both would be required for an answer.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I create a contact and type a phone number and select a country. Save it. >Then re-open and check the phone number...the area code that I inserted is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks for your help Outlook 2003 I am creating a New Contact I fill in the Name Under Phone Numbers I click the (e.g. Business) Button I locate the country from the drop down menu Type in the corresponding area code Enter the Local number Then click OK Here is the problem If the default country is say "Canada" and the contact that I created lives in say Venezuela, I change the country to Venezuela and Save the Contact that I created. Now when I open up this contact and check the phone number button.....the area code is as I typed in but the country reverts to the default in this case Canada Hope that explains it I > You did not post your Outlook version. > You did not post how you "select a country." [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> Thanks for your help Odd. I can't reproduce that. Outlook 2003 no longer fills in a country by default. Outlook 2000 did that. What operating system and what are your Regional/Language settings and Phone and Modem option settings? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Outlook 2003 > I am creating a New Contact [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>> >>> Thanks for your help Ok my Regional settings for Location is Trinidad and Tobago (not Canada as mentioned in my earlier post) I am using XP Pro Phone & Modem: My Location Area Code is 868 (for Trinidad & Tobago) I have again tried it this morning...same result. What is your default country? Are you trying to create a new contact with a different country and area code to duplicate what I did?? > Odd. I can't reproduce that. Outlook 2003 no longer fills in a country by > default. Outlook 2000 did that. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help It's hard to duplicate what you did, since that is still unclear and keeps changing. I assume now that you're referring only to the phone number dialog, not the address. The address dialog is where a Contact's country is stored, not the phone number dialog. The phone number dialog will display your dialing location. So I believe what you are seeing is the expected behavior. What problems is it causing? As long as your dialing location is correct and the Contact's area code is correct, the number will be dialed correctly if it is international format. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Ok my Regional settings for Location is Trinidad and Tobago (not Canada as > mentioned in my earlier post) [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your help I understand your explanation. Yes it refers to the phone number so I guess I could live with that small anomaly > It's hard to duplicate what you did, since that is still unclear and keeps > changing. I assume now that you're referring only to the phone number [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for your help It shouldn't cause any problems. I've never paid any attention to it because it appears to be of no consequence. I always use the address fields to store the Contacts' Country/Region location. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I understand your explanation. Yes it refers to the phone number so I >guess I could live with that small anomaly [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for your help |
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