Outlook 2002 phone # format

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Len

I recently reinstalled my Outlook 2002 and now when I enter a phone number
in contacts, 8009999999, that is the way it stays, instead of formatting to,
1(800)999-9999. How did this happen and how do I correct it?
Thanks.

Len
 
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Brian Tillman

Len said:
I recently reinstalled my Outlook 2002 and now when I enter a phone
number in contacts, 8009999999, that is the way it stays, instead of
formatting to, 1(800)999-9999. How did this happen and how do I
correct it?
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Fix the dialing options in Windows Control Panel.
 
B

Brian Tillman

Len said:
Interesting, why the connection?
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Because Outlook uses the Windows dialer and its dialing properties to
determine how to mask the phone number, the algorithms for which are
hard-coded in Outlook.
 
L

Len

Thanks.

Because Outlook uses the Windows dialer and its dialing properties to
determine how to mask the phone number, the algorithms for which are
hard-coded in Outlook.
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