phone number entry format

[Bill]

Have outlook 97 running on xp home.

On previous MS operating systems, when I entered a string
of numbers into a phone field, Outlook automatically
formatted the data to (@@@) @@@-@@@@ (@ = correct number
input).

I'm not sure if it occured when I changed OS or if some
other system modification caused it but now the number
shows in contacts with no formatting (just ten numbers in
a string). If I manually insert the formatting as above
the field shows +1 (@@@) @@@-@@@@.

Since it is very difficult to read the numbers
unformatted, I would like to simply input the ten digit
string and let outlook format for me without the +1, like
before.

I have searched everywhere I know in the system to find
someplace to specify the correct formatting with no
success.

Do you have any suggestions?

Bill

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Set your dialing location correctly.

Remove the option to automatically add the country code (Contacts > Call
Contact > New Call... > Dialing Options)

 

[terra]

I ran into this problem when I was stripping out services under Windows
XP.

I turned off telephony services on boot and that killed my
autoformatting in Outlook.

I just turned it back on again. (Can't believe this feature relies on
both a service AND area code entry)

Hope this helps.