CONTACTS SHOW EMAIL & BUSINESS FAX NUMBER

[James Henderson]

I have a FAX driver in my Printer list, and in Outlook 2000,
it gave me an (E-Mail) listing and a duplicate (FAX Number) listing.

In Outlook 2002 neither are labled and its very confusing.
Is there any way can I stop Contacts from displaying the FAX
listing and just list the Email?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The standard behavior for the Outlook Address book is to display all
electronic addresses (both fax and e-mail). That behavior cannot be changed.
The only way to prevent the display of fax numbers is to store them in a
different field or to disguise them (e.g., precede them with an alpha
character) so that Outlook won't recognize them as phone numbers.
There are also a number of utilities available that can do this for you
automatically. Some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm

 

[James Henderson]

Thanks!! One more question. Why do I get the tag "(E-mail)" after some
names and not others? When I had Outlook 2000, almost every entry had
either "(E-mail)" or "(Business FAX)" behind it, but now none of them do.
When does Outlook decide to put those tags on the contacts and when not to?

Thanks

The standard behavior for the Outlook Address book is to display all
electronic addresses (both fax and e-mail). That behavior cannot be changed.
The only way to prevent the display of fax numbers is to store them in a
different field or to disguise them (e.g., precede them with an alpha
character) so that Outlook won't recognize them as phone numbers.
There are also a number of utilities available that can do this for you
automatically. Some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have a FAX driver in my Printer list, and in Outlook 2000,
it gave me an (E-Mail) listing and a duplicate (FAX Number) listing.

In Outlook 2002 neither are labled and its very confusing.
Is there any way can I stop Contacts from displaying the FAX
listing and just list the Email?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook stopped using those tags after Outlook 2000 at user requests.
Unfortunately, they forgot to replace it with any convenient way to identify
once Contact type from another, so now you have to use that awful horizontal
scroll bar to distinguish one recipient from another.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks!! One more question. Why do I get the tag "(E-mail)" after some
names and not others? When I had Outlook 2000, almost every entry had
either "(E-mail)" or "(Business FAX)" behind it, but now none of them do.
When does Outlook decide to put those tags on the contacts and when not to?

Thanks

The standard behavior for the Outlook Address book is to display all
electronic addresses (both fax and e-mail). That behavior cannot be changed.
The only way to prevent the display of fax numbers is to store them in a
different field or to disguise them (e.g., precede them with an alpha
character) so that Outlook won't recognize them as phone numbers.
There are also a number of utilities available that can do this for you
automatically. Some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have a FAX driver in my Printer list, and in Outlook 2000,
it gave me an (E-Mail) listing and a duplicate (FAX Number) listing.

In Outlook 2002 neither are labled and its very confusing.
Is there any way can I stop Contacts from displaying the FAX
listing and just list the Email?

 

[James Henderson]

Thanks and have a nice holiday. (Why am I being "watched" ???)

Jim H.

Outlook stopped using those tags after Outlook 2000 at user requests.
Unfortunately, they forgot to replace it with any convenient way to identify
once Contact type from another, so now you have to use that awful horizontal
scroll bar to distinguish one recipient from another.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks!! One more question. Why do I get the tag "(E-mail)" after some
names and not others? When I had Outlook 2000, almost every entry had
either "(E-mail)" or "(Business FAX)" behind it, but now none of them do.
When does Outlook decide to put those tags on the contacts and when not to?

Thanks

The standard behavior for the Outlook Address book is to display all
electronic addresses (both fax and e-mail). That behavior cannot be changed.
The only way to prevent the display of fax numbers is to store them in a
different field or to disguise them (e.g., precede them with an alpha
character) so that Outlook won't recognize them as phone numbers.
There are also a number of utilities available that can do this for you
automatically. Some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have a FAX driver in my Printer list, and in Outlook 2000,
it gave me an (E-Mail) listing and a duplicate (FAX Number) listing.

In Outlook 2002 neither are labled and its very confusing.
Is there any way can I stop Contacts from displaying the FAX
listing and just list the Email?