Auto Format Telephone Number in Outlook

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Michael

I'm using Outlook 2003 on 2 computers. On one you can
type in the 7 digits of a phone number in the contact and
it will automatically add the parenthesis and dash to
format the number. On the other it won't. I can't find
the setting to turn this on and off.
 
No such setting.
Masking is automatic once you set a dialing location correctly.
 
Russ, is there anyway to allow for the internationaly recognised gsm
international dial '+' symbol to be allowed or recognised by Outlook 2003?

basically I have all of my numbers in my mobile as +-61-XXX-XXXX so that
when i am overseas the gsm carrier automatically recognises the + to dial
international.

Because I am now synching with my desktop it no longer allows me to 'power
dial' from Outlook because it fails when it see's the '+' symbol.

To be honest I feel that the 'power dialling' capabilities of Outlook could
be improved greatly.

Cheers,
Dean
Russ Valentine said:
No such setting.
Masking is automatic once you set a dialing location correctly.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Michael said:
I'm using Outlook 2003 on 2 computers. On one you can
type in the 7 digits of a phone number in the contact and
it will automatically add the parenthesis and dash to
format the number. On the other it won't. I can't find
the setting to turn this on and off.
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What fails? Outlook does not do the dialing. It uses the Windows dialer
which can accommodate international format as long as your dialing rules are
set correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Dean Collins said:
Russ, is there anyway to allow for the internationaly recognised gsm
international dial '+' symbol to be allowed or recognised by Outlook 2003?

basically I have all of my numbers in my mobile as +-61-XXX-XXXX so that
when i am overseas the gsm carrier automatically recognises the + to dial
international.

Because I am now synching with my desktop it no longer allows me to 'power
dial' from Outlook because it fails when it see's the '+' symbol.

To be honest I feel that the 'power dialling' capabilities of Outlook could
be improved greatly.

Cheers,
Dean
Russ Valentine said:
No such setting.
Masking is automatic once you set a dialing location correctly.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Michael said:
I'm using Outlook 2003 on 2 computers. On one you can
type in the 7 digits of a phone number in the contact and
it will automatically add the parenthesis and dash to
format the number. On the other it won't. I can't find
the setting to turn this on and off.
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