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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / November 2006Parens in OUtlook Contacts Phone Field - Automatic Formatting
IMy company was just acquired and my laptop re-imaged. In the move I lost the ability to have outlook contacts automatically format the phone number field (US only). Previouly I could enter 1234567890 and it would automatically convert to (123) 456-7890 on exiting the field. Can anyone help? > IMy company was just acquired and my laptop re-imaged. In the move I > lost the ability to have outlook contacts automatically format the > phone number field (US only). Previouly I could enter 1234567890 and > it would automatically convert to (123) 456-7890 on exiting the field. > Can anyone help? Set the dialing properties and country code in Control Panel.  SignatureBrian Tillman > > IMy company was just acquired and my laptop re-imaged. In the move I > > lost the ability to have outlook contacts automatically format the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Set the dialing properties and country code in Control Panel. My problem is when saving a phone number in Contacts that it automatically puts a + sign in front of the number. I have tried everything including unchecking the Automatically add country code to local numbers. I have 480 contact with 2 to 4 numbers in each one and when I sync with my phone the + sign prevents me from dialing long distance. Any ideas or suggests would be great. Thanks. > My problem is when saving a phone number in Contacts that it > automatically puts a + sign in front of the number. This is correct behavior. > I have tried > everything including unchecking the Automatically add country code to > local numbers. I have 480 contact with 2 to 4 numbers in each one > and when I sync with my phone the + sign prevents me from dialing > long distance. Any ideas or suggests would be great. Thanks. Your phone should be able to handle it. However, see if this helps: http://www.slovaktech.com/phonechanger.htm SignatureBrian Tillman > > My problem is when saving a phone number in Contacts that it > > automatically puts a + sign in front of the number. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Your phone should be able to handle it. However, see if this helps: > http://www.slovaktech.com/phonechanger.htm > I don't think it's a phone issue as much as a carrier issue. When > they see the + sign they ignore the next digit. However that does > not explain why when I enter a number into Outlook contacts I can't > find a way so that the + sign does not get added. I've checked with > other and their contact list does not automatically insert the + > sign so why can't a change it? Outlook uses your modem and dialing properties to format the phone number. As I understand it, if you have set your local calling information correctly, then Outlook will include the plus. Did you try the tool I cited? SignatureBrian Tillman > > I don't think it's a phone issue as much as a carrier issue. When > > they see the + sign they ignore the next digit. However that does [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Did you try the tool I cited? > I downloaded it and tried unsuccessfully to change anything. A help > file would have been nice or online documentation. I unfortunately > couldn't get it to work. So you are saying that if I have my local > calling information setup correctly then Outlook will include the > plus. Then my question is, how can I set it up incorrectly so the > plus is not inserted. I never use the modem in my laptop. Thanks. Well, it worked for me when I tested it. Open the phone and modem options and delete as much information about dialing as you can. See if that helps. You may have to double-click each phone number to get Outlook to remask it. SignatureBrian Tillman |
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