How do I stop Business Fax number appearing in email address book

[Markru]

Contacts with a business fax number get listed in the email address book as
if the fax number is an email address. This means autocomlete gets confused
and is frustrating when selecting addressees. If I delete the fax number
from the email address book it is also deleted from the Contact which I don't
want.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Autocomplete doesn't use your Contacts data.
Outlook considers fax numbers to be valid electronic addresses, since there
are many client- and server-based components that can use such addresses.

One method to hide fax numbers from the address book is to prefix the fax
number with one or more letters (maybe B for business fax, H for home, O for
other). If the fax number begins with a letter, Outlook won't show it in the
address book.

There are a couple of utilities that can help you hide fax numbers from the
address book. See http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/rshifa.htm and
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook_Solutions.htm (Hide Fax Numbers).

Another way to avoid having fax numbers appear in the address book is
simply not to enter data in the fax fields. Put fax numbers in some other
(non-phone) fields.