Phone number format - Marti

[Marti]

When I enter a phone number for a contact, the phone number ends up
with just a line under it. Like, if I enter 8074567891 I get
8074567891 underlined. Outlook used to format it to (807)-456-7891,
underlined.

I don't know what I did, or what something did, but is there a way to
define a default format for phone numbers?

Appreciate any help. I am using Outlook 2003 with Windows XP, all
latest updates from MS applied.

Marti

 

[Guest]

Try leaving spaces 807 456 0000 and it should format it. If you don't have
the spaces it doesn't recognize it as a phone #.

 

[Guest]

I should add you can just separate the area code: 807 1234567 and it will
recognize it as a US number & format it.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Is you area code properly set up in control panel, phone and modem options?

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[Marti]

Thanks for all responses. It was the telephony setup in XP - somehow
telephony service became disabled. When I enabled it and re-booted,
entered a new location, wahlah! Outlook formated the telephone
number! Appreciate the help - as always you folks do a great service
for all of us.

Marti