Is it possible to use SKYPE to call numbers in the conatcts list

[Guest]

Is is possible to automatically select Skype to dial numbers of contacts in
the address book of Outlook?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Does Skype say it can?

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After furious head scratching, Otto asked:

| Is is possible to automatically select Skype to dial numbers of
| contacts in the address book of Outlook?

 

[Guest]

Not that I'm aware of. I have noticed that on some web pages when clicking on
a contact tel.no. the option to call using Skype is given. I thought it would
have been neat to have this option available when wanting to call someone in
my Outlook Address book.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Outlook has always used the Windows dialer for its calls so if Skype integrates with the Windows dialing options, you should be able to use it. Ask Skype if this specific scenario is supported.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Otto asked:

| Not that I'm aware of. I have noticed that on some web pages when
| clicking on a contact tel.no. the option to call using Skype is
| given. I thought it would have been neat to have this option
| available when wanting to call someone in my Outlook Address book.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Does Skype say it can?
||
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
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|| After furious head scratching, Otto asked:
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||| Is is possible to automatically select Skype to dial numbers of
||| contacts in the address book of Outlook?

 

[Guest]

Many thanks for your help, I'll pursue this with Skype.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Good luck and post back for anyone else who may be wondering about this combination.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
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After furious head scratching, Otto asked:

| Many thanks for your help, I'll pursue this with Skype.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Outlook has always used the Windows dialer for its calls so if Skype
|| integrates with the Windows dialing options, you should be able to
|| use it. Ask Skype if this specific scenario is supported.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Otto asked:
||
||| Not that I'm aware of. I have noticed that on some web pages when
||| clicking on a contact tel.no. the option to call using Skype is
||| given. I thought it would have been neat to have this option
||| available when wanting to call someone in my Outlook Address book.
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| Does Skype say it can?
||||
|||| --ÂÂ
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
|||| without reading.
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, Otto asked:
||||
||||| Is is possible to automatically select Skype to dial numbers of
||||| contacts in the address book of Outlook?

 

[BillR]

Yes. There's an add in for Outlook that works with Skype. It was called
"Skype for Outlook"
This isn't what I was referring to but will give some Skype integration in
Outlook. It might be a later incarnation of what I previously used.
http://www.skype.com/download/skypeemailtoolbar/