Outlook Contacts

[Tammy]

I need to know how to eliminate fax numbers from my contacts list. When I
bring it up to send an email it shows faxes and I don't want to show them,
only emails.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Behavior as designed. 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 techniques or utilities that can help you hide fax
numbers from the
address book. See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/305361/en-us
http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/rshifa.htm
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook_Solutions.htm (Hide Fax Numbers)
http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/toolbox/

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.