Brackets

[Tork2001]

When I entered a phone number to a contact, Outlook used to convert it to
(xxx) xxx xx xx .
Now it remains unchanged as it is entered, like xxxxxxxxxx.

How can I change it back?

 

[dan]

Open one of the contacts and double click in the phone
number field. The box that asks you to convert it should
appear. Check the box at the bottom that asks if you want
to display in future if number is incomplete.

Hope this is off some help?

 

[OzUte]

Can you please tell me what you did to get Outlook to NOT put the bracket
and other codes in front? I'd like my phone numbers to be just the way I
enter them, it's a real pain!

 

[Tork2001]

I found the right answer:

Open any one contact. Actions/call contact/new call/dialling properties/
Here if you write your area code, all future phones will have the area code
in brackets .

Thus if you clean the area code than all your future entries will be without
the code and brackets. However if you choose this way, all your past entries
will remain with area codes.

 

[OzUte]

When I delete the area code and press Apply>OK, an exclamation dialogue box
appears saying that I have to have an area code entered