Removing Local area code when synchronizing to mobile?

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Ray Cullen - 20 Sep 2007 04:48 GMT

I use outlook to synchronize to my blackberry 8100 pearl which it does fine.
Except it copies the local area code from outlook to my mobile as well. This
means when I attempt to make a local call from my mobile it does not work as
it has the local area code in the string of digits when it dials the number
automatically.

If I remove the local area code from the string then it dials and connects
fine but I don't want to have to do this for every contact each time after I
do a synchronization it would be ridiculous.

How can I remove the local area code from outlook contacts so that when I
sync from outlook to my mobile it does not copy the local area code as well?

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Brian Tillman - 20 Sep 2007 14:08 GMT

> I use outlook to synchronize to my blackberry 8100 pearl which it
> does fine. Except it copies the local area code from outlook to my
> mobile as well. This means when I attempt to make a local call from
> my mobile it does not work as it has the local area code in the
> string of digits when it dials the number automatically.

Every mobile phone I've seen handles full 10 digit phone numbers whether or
not the number is local. You might ask your phone's vendor why it doesn't.

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Ray Cullen - 20 Sep 2007 14:46 GMT

> > I use outlook to synchronize to my blackberry 8100 pearl which it
> > does fine. Except it copies the local area code from outlook to my
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> Every mobile phone I've seen handles full 10 digit phone numbers whether or
> not the number is local. You might ask your phone's vendor why it doesn't.

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Brian Tillman - 20 Sep 2007 21:52 GMT

> My phone does handle it, what I am saying is the mobile retains the
> local area code that outlook automatically inputs into a contracts
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> area code first and the number is a local number so the area code is
> not needed. Not sure if this makes better sense.

Sure the local area code isn't NEEDED, but it's perfectly acceptable to use
it. All current phone systems of which I'm aware allow area codes, even for
local numbers.

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Mike Harris - 21 Sep 2007 00:00 GMT

> I use outlook to synchronize to my blackberry 8100 pearl which it does fine.
> Except it copies the local area code from outlook to my mobile as well. This
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> How can I remove the local area code from outlook contacts so that when I
> sync from outlook to my mobile it does not copy the local area code as well?

You may need your local area code when calling home from outside your
service area. My area code is 818 - the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. I
don't need to dial 818 if I call from anywhere in the LA area. I do need to
dial 818 if I am in New York. Thus, even if I am manually adding a phone
number to my phone, I always add "818" if that's the area code.

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Ray Cullen - 21 Sep 2007 01:48 GMT

> You may need your local area code when calling home from outside your
> service area. My area code is 818 - the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. I
> don't need to dial 818 if I call from anywhere in the LA area. I do need to
> dial 818 if I am in New York. Thus, even if I am manually adding a phone
> number to my phone, I always add "818" if that's the area code.

Exactly but for some reason when I auto dial a number in my phones
directory, even if it is a local number the mobile still dials the number
with the local area code at the beginning of the string. This causes the
network to not allow the call, but when I call the same number but remove the
local area code the call goes through fine.

So I am trying to see if I can have outlook stop inserting local area codes
in the telephone number field of the contract screens?

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Brian Tillman - 21 Sep 2007 02:55 GMT

> So I am trying to see if I can have outlook stop inserting local area
> codes in the telephone number field of the contract screens?

The only wqay to do this is to format the number so Outlook cannot recognize
it as a number. Try defining it as "xxx xxxx" (no hyphen).

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Ray Cullen - 21 Sep 2007 04:14 GMT

> The only wqay to do this is to format the number so Outlook cannot recognize
> it as a number. Try defining it as "xxx xxxx" (no hyphen).

this seems to be a work around, thanks Brian.

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