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Old 05-04-04, 09:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Area Code Auto Format...
I hate this! My Pocket Outlook insists on putting "()"'s around new area codes that I enter. Since when does MS decide my formatting?

Can this be turned off? I did some research and so far did not surface a way to allow me to enter the following format:
111-111-1111.

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Re: Area Code Auto Format...
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I hate this! My Pocket Outlook insists on putting "()"'s around new area codes that I enter. Since when does MS decide my formatting?

Can this be turned off? I did some research and so far did not surface a way to allow me to enter the following format:
111-111-1111.

Help!
Try reversing these options in Outlook and make sure that the PC amends contacts on ppc and not the other way round.
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Add the country code to numbers you enter
  1. Click Contacts .
  2. On the Actions menu, point to Call Contact, and then click New Call.
  3. Click Dialing Options.
  4. Select the Automatically add country code to local phone numbers check box.
  5. The country code added is for the country specified in the Country/region list on the General tab of the Edit Location dialog box (in the New Call dialog box, click Dialing Properties, and then click Edit).

Note If the Automatically add country code to local phone numbers check box is not available, Microsoft Outlook doesn't recognize the phone number format for the specified country code and cannot automatically format phone numbers.
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Thanks Jogga,

It did not seem to matter what setting I selected in Outlook. But here is something that seems to work for those who are irratated by this behavior:

Just enter "0" as your area code. It'll suggest a "0" when you tap in a new phone field, but will disappear when you begin to enter the number. AND, it will not autoformat (or "mask") it.

Any other more elegant solutions are welcomed.
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If I want the full long distance string to be dialed (I use Ilium Software PhoneTone to tone-dial my landline phone from the X5), I just add a + sign before the 1 long distance prefix. So a phone number which needs the full string looks like this when I enter a new one:
+1 234 567 8910
My default area code is 604, and the brackets which make this default to (604) make no difference in my area's required 10-digit dialing.

When I write a number on a piece of paper, I write it as 123 456 7890, no hyphens, no brackets. The spaces are sufficient, really. So yes, it bugs me that there are brackets, and also that if I enter a 1 without the + sign the one automagically vanishes, every time. But I'm used to it. Not very elegant, but workable, once one gets used to the workaround.
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