Mobile phone numbers

[Guest]

I know this has been mentioned before, but the way Outlook displays mobile
phone numbers can be confusing. No one considers the "04" to be an
Australian mobile area code. The confusion comes because you don't always
need to dial the area code to call someone on a fixed line, but mobile
numbers need to have it dialled every time. It's considered as part of the
number. I have many people ask me what state the 04 represents when they see
the number in an Outlook contact.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Masking of phone numbers in Outlook is hard coded and not configurable by
the end user.

 

[Guest]

And Outlook's display of these phone numbers is not only hard coded, but hard
coded absolutely correctly. Australian mobile numbers do have an area code;
it's "4" by the way, not "04". The "4" is the Australian area code reserved
for mobile numbers, it's not part of the local number. The "0" is not part of
the phone number or the area code. It's a "trunk code" or "dialing prefix".
So when Outlook displays an Australian mobile number like this: +61 (4)
xxxxxxxx, in fact it's displaying it correctly.

Masking of phone numbers in Outlook is hard coded and not configurable by
the end user.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I know this has been mentioned before, but the way Outlook displays mobile
phone numbers can be confusing. No one considers the "04" to be an
Australian mobile area code. The confusion comes because you don't always
need to dial the area code to call someone on a fixed line, but mobile
numbers need to have it dialled every time. It's considered as part of
the
number. I have many people ask me what state the 04 represents when they
see
the number in an Outlook contact.