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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / October 2007Enter Phone Number format with no "+country code"
Hi, Outlook 2007 seems to enforce a phone number format that our mobile system cant use. In Outlook you see: +64 (0#) ###-##### When I transfer this to my Nokia phone it becomes: +640######### That should work but doesn't as network responds "invalid number" From the network provider: "It is the network and phone firmware limitations that it would not allow "+" characters. "+64" is a shortcut to 0064. At this stage, the network would not allow "+" characters but in future, it might." In fact I need to store/transfer without the +64 prefix (just 0#########) for the phone to work on our local network. Before getting 2007 I could, painful as it was, type the number or delete the prefix and transfer OK. Now Outlook always autoformats no matter how I enter/edit the number and adds +640 again. Is there any way to disable this behaviour?  SignatureRegards, Robin Capper Blog: http://rcd.typepad.com/ No. Nor should there be. Outlook must present a consistent database. It is the responsibility of the synch software to create a format its device can use. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Is there any way to disable this behaviour? While I agree, it's not much help! The real fault is the useless phone network but I have two choices there, both with the same problem. SignatureRegards, Robin Capper Blog: http://rcd.typepad.com/ > No. Nor should there be. Outlook must present a consistent database. It is > the responsibility of the synch software to create a format its device can [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > Is there any way to disable this behaviour? The one option Outlook allows is whether or not to add the country code to local numbers. I don't suppose that helps does it? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > While I agree, it's not much help! The real fault is the useless phone > network but I have two choices there, both with the same problem. [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> > >> > Is there any way to disable this behaviour? It's an invalid number because of the way you have entered it, not because of the way Outlook has formatted it. A valid New Zealand phone number cannot be in the format you show: +64 (0#) ###-#####. The 0 (or 00) is not a part of the phone number. It is only a dialing prefix. Do not include it in the phone number. Enter your phone numbers in proper international format and it will work: +ccc (aaa) nnn... > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Is there any way to disable this behaviour? > "It is the network and phone firmware limitations that it would not > allow "+" characters. "+64" is a shortcut to 0064. At this stage, the > network would not allow "+" characters but in future, it might." There are tools on the Internet that may help. This one, for instance: http://www.outlook-stuff.com/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_details/gid,3/ Itemid,2 SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] > "It is the network and phone firmware limitations that it would not > allow "+" characters. "+64" is a shortcut to 0064. At this stage, the > network would not allow "+" characters but in future, it might." I think I meant this one: http://www.outlook-stuff.com/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_details/gid,4/ Itemid,2/ SignatureBrian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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