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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / November 2006Telephone number Entry/Storage Format
In Outlook 2003, fully updated: Recently, I had to reinstall Win XP - the entire PC, including Office 2003. Previously, when entering new contact info, Outlook would default to the typical U.S. tel number format of (202) 123-4567 and would enter the parentheses, dash and space once the user moved to the next field. No more, since the reinstall. The XP dialing setup is set with the local U.S. area code. What am I missing? THANKS! "No more" means what exactly? Once you set your dialing location correctly for your operating system, Outlook will mask the phone number.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > In Outlook 2003, fully updated: Recently, I had to reinstall Win XP - the > entire PC, including Office 2003. Previously, when entering new contact [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > THANKS! Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. I'm quite sure that before I reinstalled the PC, when I entered 2125551212 and tabbed to the next field the tel number was shown as (212) 555-1212. Now it remains exactly as entered: 2125551212. I'm trying to have it go back to the 'Before' condition, when I didn't need to enter the parents, dash, etc. Thanks. > "No more" means what exactly? > Once you set your dialing location correctly for your operating system, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > THANKS! > Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. I'm quite sure that before I > reinstalled the PC, when I entered 2125551212 and tabbed to the next > field the tel number was shown as (212) 555-1212. Now it remains > exactly as entered: 2125551212. I'm trying to have it go back to the > 'Before' condition, when I didn't need to enter the parents, dash, > etc. As Russ said, use COntrol Panel's Modem and Dialing Options applet to set your dialing location properly. SignatureBrian Tillman Hmm. I must be really missing something here. My dialing location is now set to my local area code. It was not before. I rebooted and created a new contacat. When entering the tel number, it remained exactly the same, without formatting the parents around the area code, the dash, etc. So what am I missing? Thanks again! > > Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. I'm quite sure that before I > > reinstalled the PC, when I entered 2125551212 and tabbed to the next [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > As Russ said, use COntrol Panel's Modem and Dialing Options applet to set > your dialing location properly. How did you set your dialing location? You missed something. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Hmm. I must be really missing something here. My dialing location is now > set to my local area code. It was not before. I rebooted and created a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> As Russ said, use COntrol Panel's Modem and Dialing Options applet to set >> your dialing location properly. 1. United States, valid area code, no special dialing rules, using tone. 2. Area code rules: use 1+ area code for all calls. 3. Calling cards: None. Am I missing something? Thanks. > How did you set your dialing location? You missed something. > > Hmm. I must be really missing something here. My dialing location is now [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >> As Russ said, use COntrol Panel's Modem and Dialing Options applet to set > >> your dialing location properly. The settings I entered were actually correct and complete but there might have been a registry error which was not removed by my entering the settings. Only after I added a location and *removed* the earlier dialing location was the problem resolved. In other words, the fix is in the removal. As in: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258171/en-us Thanks again > 1. United States, valid area code, no special dialing rules, using tone. > 2. Area code rules: use 1+ area code for all calls. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > >> As Russ said, use COntrol Panel's Modem and Dialing Options applet to set > > >> your dialing location properly. Yes. That would explain it. You never mentioned there was a previous entry there. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > The settings I entered were actually correct and complete but there might > have been a registry error which was not removed by my entering the [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >> > >> to set >> > >> your dialing location properly. Right. Because there wasn't when I first posted the question. Then I added a location and indicated it in my follow up questions, because the addition of a dialing location did not fix the problem: **** My dialing location is now > > > set to my local area code. It was not before. I rebooted and created a > > > new > > > contacat. When entering the tel number, it remained exactly the same, > > > without formatting the parents around the area code, the dash, etc **** But there was still no change -- a tel number entry remained unformatted. Only after I added a *second* dialing location, and then *removed* the one I had previously, only then did the formatting start. In other words, the removal corrects the problem, not the addition. Thanks again! > Yes. That would explain it. You never mentioned there was a previous entry > there. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >> > >> to set > >> > >> your dialing location properly. |
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