Phone number format - Marti

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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
 
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 #.
 
I should add you can just separate the area code: 807 1234567 and it will
recognize it as a US number & format it.
 
Is you area code properly set up in control panel, phone and modem options?

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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
 
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