Contact Phone #'s

[mws]

Anyone know how to stop Outlook from adding the + to the phone numbers?

Thanks
Mark

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)]

Maybe. What version of Outlook are you using? Are these U.S. phone
numbers or international? Are you entering the area codes or not?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q

 

[mws]

US #'s and Office 2008

Maybe. What version of Outlook are you using? Are these U.S. phone
numbers or international? Are you entering the area codes or not?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q

 

[mws]

OOPs I mean 2007

US #'s and Office 2008

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook only adds International Code if you have configured it to do so.
Access those settings here:
Contacts > Actions > Call Contact > New Call... > Dialing Options

 

[mws]

That doesn't seem to do it. In the contact list when I put in a phone # like
1 (620) 555-1212 and tab off the field outlook adds a + to the beginning of
the #.

Outlook only adds International Code if you have configured it to do so.
Access those settings here:
Contacts > Actions > Call Contact > New Call... > Dialing Options

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

OOPs I mean 2007

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

If you do not want Outlook to format in International Code, why are you
entering numbers in International Code?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

That doesn't seem to do it. In the contact list when I put in a phone #
like 1 (620) 555-1212 and tab off the field outlook adds a + to the
beginning of the #.

Outlook only adds International Code if you have configured it to do so.
Access those settings here:
Contacts > Actions > Call Contact > New Call... > Dialing Options

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

OOPs I mean 2007
US #'s and Office 2008

message Maybe. What version of Outlook are you using? Are these U.S. phone
numbers or international? Are you entering the area codes or not?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q




Anyone know how to stop Outlook from adding the + to the phone
numbers?

Thanks
Mark

 

[mws]

I need the 1 when using my cell phone. I sync to outlook with my Windows CE
smartphone..

If you do not want Outlook to format in International Code, why are you
entering numbers in International Code?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

That doesn't seem to do it. In the contact list when I put in a phone #
like 1 (620) 555-1212 and tab off the field outlook adds a + to the
beginning of the #.

Outlook only adds International Code if you have configured it to do so.
Access those settings here:
Contacts > Actions > Call Contact > New Call... > Dialing Options

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
OOPs I mean 2007
US #'s and Office 2008

message Maybe. What version of Outlook are you using? Are these U.S. phone
numbers or international? Are you entering the area codes or not?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q




Anyone know how to stop Outlook from adding the + to the phone
numbers?

Thanks
Mark

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not an Outlook problem. Outlook is behaving as designed. Talk to your cell
phone folks. They need to understand how Outlook works if they want to use
it as a data source.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I need the 1 when using my cell phone. I sync to outlook with my Windows CE
smartphone..

If you do not want Outlook to format in International Code, why are you
entering numbers in International Code?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

That doesn't seem to do it. In the contact list when I put in a phone #
like 1 (620) 555-1212 and tab off the field outlook adds a + to the
beginning of the #.

Outlook only adds International Code if you have configured it to do
so. Access those settings here:
Contacts > Actions > Call Contact > New Call... > Dialing Options

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
OOPs I mean 2007
US #'s and Office 2008

message Maybe. What version of Outlook are you using? Are these U.S. phone
numbers or international? Are you entering the area codes or not?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q




Anyone know how to stop Outlook from adding the + to the phone
numbers?

Thanks
Mark

 

[Gerhard Fiedler]

That doesn't seem to do it. In the contact list when I put in a phone # like
1 (620) 555-1212 and tab off the field outlook adds a + to the beginning of
the #.

If you need this for your cel phone, you may be able to work around your
cel phone's sync program limitations by using a format like (1620)
555-1212.

We have a similarly limited cel phone sync program, and this works for
us. (Not in the USA, and a different phone number format, but a similar
case.)

However, this restricts the use of Outlook's dialer and possibly other
functions related to the phone numbers because the area codes are not
correct anymore.

Gerhard

 

[mws]

Well, It works. I wrote a small app for the phone (but didnt need to) that
would remove the +. but when I tried a phone # that had a + it dialed
correctly anyways. Go figure..

Thanks Everyone