Enter Phone Number format with no "+country code"

[Guest]

Hi,

Outlook 2007 seems to enforce a phone number format that our mobile system
cant use.

In Outlook you see:

+64 (0#) ###-#####

When I transfer this to my Nokia phone it becomes:

+640#########

That should work but doesn't as network responds "invalid number"

From the network provider:

"It is the network and phone firmware limitations that it would not allow "+"
characters. "+64" is a shortcut to 0064. At this stage, the network would
not allow "+" characters but in future, it might."

In fact I need to store/transfer without the +64 prefix (just 0#########)
for the phone to work on our local network.

Before getting 2007 I could, painful as it was, type the number or delete
the prefix and transfer OK. Now Outlook always autoformats no matter how I
enter/edit the number and adds +640 again.

Is there any way to disable this behaviour?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No. Nor should there be. Outlook must present a consistent database. It is
the responsibility of the synch software to create a format its device can
use.

 

[Guest]

While I agree, it's not much help! The real fault is the useless phone
network but I have two choices there, both with the same problem.
--
Regards,
Robin Capper
Blog: http://rcd.typepad.com/

No. Nor should there be. Outlook must present a consistent database. It is
the responsibility of the synch software to create a format its device can
use.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The one option Outlook allows is whether or not to add the country code to
local numbers. I don't suppose that helps does it?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

While I agree, it's not much help! The real fault is the useless phone
network but I have two choices there, both with the same problem.
--
Regards,
Robin Capper
Blog: http://rcd.typepad.com/

No. Nor should there be. Outlook must present a consistent database. It
is
the responsibility of the synch software to create a format its device
can
use.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi,

Outlook 2007 seems to enforce a phone number format that our mobile
system
cant use.

In Outlook you see:

+64 (0#) ###-#####

When I transfer this to my Nokia phone it becomes:

+640#########

That should work but doesn't as network responds "invalid number"

From the network provider:

"It is the network and phone firmware limitations that it would not
allow
"+"
characters. "+64" is a shortcut to 0064. At this stage, the network
would
not allow "+" characters but in future, it might."

In fact I need to store/transfer without the +64 prefix (just
0#########)
for the phone to work on our local network.

Before getting 2007 I could, painful as it was, type the number or
delete
the prefix and transfer OK. Now Outlook always autoformats no matter
how I
enter/edit the number and adds +640 again.

Is there any way to disable this behaviour?

 

[Guest]

It's an invalid number because of the way you have entered it, not because of
the way Outlook has formatted it. A valid New Zealand phone number cannot be
in the format you show: +64 (0#) ###-#####. The 0 (or 00) is not a part of
the phone number. It is only a dialing prefix. Do not include it in the phone
number. Enter your phone numbers in proper international format and it will
work: +ccc (aaa) nnn...

 

[Brian Tillman]

"It is the network and phone firmware limitations that it would not
allow "+" characters. "+64" is a shortcut to 0064. At this stage, the
network would not allow "+" characters but in future, it might."

There are tools on the Internet that may help. This one, for instance:
http://www.outlook-stuff.com/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_details/gid,3/Itemid,2

 

[Brian Tillman]

"It is the network and phone firmware limitations that it would not
allow "+" characters. "+64" is a shortcut to 0064. At this stage, the
network would not allow "+" characters but in future, it might."

I think I meant this one:
http://www.outlook-stuff.com/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_details/gid,4/Itemid,2/