Changing phone number format rules

's Computer Specifications

Hi,

Outlook insists on ascribing the first quartet of digits in Hong Kong phone
numbers to area codes (i.e., in parentheses--so +852 2101-1234 comes up as
+852 (2101) 1234), which is not correct, as HK has no area codes. Outlook
gets this correct for Singapore, which is congruent in that it's a country
code (in this case, two digits) plus eight digits with no area code.

Is there any way to modify Outlook's formatting *rules*? Actually, my
preferred format for numbers even with area codes is nonstandard (+cc aaa
nnn-nnnn, with no parentheses in all cases).

Tx & rgds

's Computer Specifications

Does anyone know if the format rules are in these keys?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Telephony\Country List\81

"Bongo" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Outlook insists on ascribing the first quartet of digits in Hong Kong phone
> numbers to area codes (i.e., in parentheses--so +852 2101-1234 comes up as
> +852 (2101) 1234), which is not correct, as HK has no area codes. Outlook
> gets this correct for Singapore, which is congruent in that it's a country
> code (in this case, two digits) plus eight digits with no area code.
>
> Is there any way to modify Outlook's formatting *rules*? Actually, my
> preferred format for numbers even with area codes is nonstandard (+cc aaa
> nnn-nnnn, with no parentheses in all cases).
>
> Tx & rgds
>

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