Remove brackets from phone numbers in contacts

[Guest]

When I input numbers in international format in Outlook 2003 Contacts,
brackets are added automatically around the fisrt number or numbers following
the country code. How do I remove this irritating facility?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.

 

[Guest]

Oh, what a bore...

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I input numbers in international format in Outlook 2003 Contacts,
brackets are added automatically around the fisrt number or numbers
following
the country code. How do I remove this irritating facility?

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I will just have to live with it...

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I input numbers in international format in Outlook 2003 Contacts,
brackets are added automatically around the fisrt number or numbers
following
the country code. How do I remove this irritating facility?

 

[Y J Landro]

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.

And badly so. I can't see the problem letting the *users* decide how to
show their data, but then again, this is Microsoft.

- Y J Landro

 

[Guest]

Why are only a handfull of numbers effected then? Most contacts read as they
should - 123456789 with only maybe 10% reading (12) 345-6789......STRANGE!

marto

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You tell us. You posted no information. Outlook masks numbers automatically.
You have no control over it. What you did to circumvent it, only you know.
Typically this means your TAPI settings were corrupt. Were they?

 

[Guest]

Good question...what did I do.

I have a pda phone which is where all my contacts first came from, it
sync's through Activesync 4.2 to Outlook 2003.

Not 100% sure but from what I can gather I think the first ever time I
sync'ed the numbers were all normal, I think the brackets and dashes have
appeared if I have edited or added contacts since - either at pda or pc end.

As for TAPI not sure what this stands for but will do some searching.

Thanks for your thoughts.

marto

You tell us. You posted no information. Outlook masks numbers automatically.
You have no control over it. What you did to circumvent it, only you know.
Typically this means your TAPI settings were corrupt. Were they?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Why are only a handfull of numbers effected then? Most contacts read as
they
should - 123456789 with only maybe 10% reading (12) 345-6789......STRANGE!

marto

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] <[email protected]> skreiv Tue, 03 Jan 2006
04:00:06 +0100

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.

And badly so. I can't see the problem letting the *users* decide how to
show their data, but then again, this is Microsoft.

- Y J Landro

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Using import or synch to populate fields often results in corrupt entries in
Outlook. As soon as you edit a field or enter the information
conventionally, it will be formatted correctly.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Good question...what did I do.

I have a pda phone which is where all my contacts first came from, it
sync's through Activesync 4.2 to Outlook 2003.

Not 100% sure but from what I can gather I think the first ever time I
sync'ed the numbers were all normal, I think the brackets and dashes have
appeared if I have edited or added contacts since - either at pda or pc
end.

As for TAPI not sure what this stands for but will do some searching.

Thanks for your thoughts.

marto

You tell us. You posted no information. Outlook masks numbers
automatically.
You have no control over it. What you did to circumvent it, only you
know.
Typically this means your TAPI settings were corrupt. Were they?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Why are only a handfull of numbers effected then? Most contacts read as
they
should - 123456789 with only maybe 10% reading (12)
345-6789......STRANGE!

marto

:

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] <[email protected]> skreiv Tue, 03 Jan
2006
04:00:06 +0100

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.

And badly so. I can't see the problem letting the *users* decide how
to
show their data, but then again, this is Microsoft.

- Y J Landro

 

[brainstewn]

I enjoyed how Outlook reformatted my phone number automatically but it QUIT,
now if I enter a 10 digit phone number with no brackets, no dashed, no spaces
it stays that way. Why did Outlook stop auto-formatting the phone number.

Darrell

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook didn't. Provide the information that will tell us how you disabled
your telephony services.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

maybe this http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2009/20090410.htm ?

(I swear I answered this yesterday.)

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
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