United States in contacts address blocks

[puche eagle]

When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What makes you think there is a need to? There is none.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I don't think so but what version of Outlook? Not all versions of Outlook
add it to the address.

--
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[puche eagle]

That's in your opinion; if you can't be helpful, don't waste my time with a
smart-aleck answer

What makes you think there is a need to? There is none.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the
automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

 

[puche eagle]

I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field; same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.

I don't think so but what version of Outlook? Not all versions of Outlook
add it to the address.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the
automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the country
code they are barking up the wrong tree. There are better solutions for
controlling address display than that. Those solutions depend on your
Outlook version and what problem you are trying to solve. You provided none
of that information. Now that is a waste of our time.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

That's in your opinion; if you can't be helpful, don't waste my time with
a
smart-aleck answer

What makes you think there is a need to? There is none.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically
adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the
automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No there isn't. Nor is there a need to. Normally it is not necessary for the
country/region field to be blank in Outlook. Instead, users should control
how addresses are inserted into Word. To learn about ways to control how an
Address is inserted into Word from Outlook, take a look here:
Word 2000/2002:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q134901

Word 2003/2007:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

More recent versions of Office (XP and 2003) are more dysfunctional when it
comes to inserting addresses. Modifying AddressLayout in Word 2002 will
apply only to addresses inserted into a document, but not to Envelopes or
Labels. The KB offers the following kludgy workaround:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292127

In Outlook 2002 and 2003, most users find that the country/region field is
no longer populated by default in new Contacts as it was in earlier
versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region
fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field;
same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are
US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a
list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must
be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.

I don't think so but what version of Outlook? Not all versions of
Outlook
add it to the address.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically
adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the
automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

 

[puche eagle]

I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field; same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.

Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the country
code they are barking up the wrong tree. There are better solutions for
controlling address display than that. Those solutions depend on your
Outlook version and what problem you are trying to solve. You provided none
of that information. Now that is a waste of our time.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

That's in your opinion; if you can't be helpful, don't waste my time with
a
smart-aleck answer

What makes you think there is a need to? There is none.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically
adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the
automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Answer already posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region
fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field;
same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are
US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a
list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must
be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.

Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the
country
code they are barking up the wrong tree. There are better solutions for
controlling address display than that. Those solutions depend on your
Outlook version and what problem you are trying to solve. You provided
none
of that information. Now that is a waste of our time.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

That's in your opinion; if you can't be helpful, don't waste my time
with
a
smart-aleck answer

:

What makes you think there is a need to? There is none.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically
adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the
automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

 

[puche eagle]

You either didn't read my revised email or you don't understand. I said
nothing about transferring addresses to or from Word. I am talking about
adding contacts to my address book, directly into Outlook 2007, a part of
Office 2007. When I do that i get the default United States as I mentioned
earlier. Re-read my earlier explanation.

Answer already posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region
fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field;
same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are
US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a
list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must
be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.

Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the
country
code they are barking up the wrong tree. There are better solutions for
controlling address display than that. Those solutions depend on your
Outlook version and what problem you are trying to solve. You provided
none
of that information. Now that is a waste of our time.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
That's in your opinion; if you can't be helpful, don't waste my time
with
a
smart-aleck answer

:

What makes you think there is a need to? There is none.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically
adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the
automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I read what you said. You said you didn't want the country field filled in
because you don't want it to print.
That question was answered.
What is your next question?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

You either didn't read my revised email or you don't understand. I said
nothing about transferring addresses to or from Word. I am talking about
adding contacts to my address book, directly into Outlook 2007, a part of
Office 2007. When I do that i get the default United States as I
mentioned
earlier. Re-read my earlier explanation.

Answer already posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program
automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region
fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field;
same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts
are
US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a
list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely
must
be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.


:

Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the
country
code they are barking up the wrong tree. There are better solutions
for
controlling address display than that. Those solutions depend on your
Outlook version and what problem you are trying to solve. You provided
none
of that information. Now that is a waste of our time.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
That's in your opinion; if you can't be helpful, don't waste my time
with
a
smart-aleck answer

:

What makes you think there is a need to? There is none.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
When you type in an address when adding a contact, it
automatically
adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off
the
automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

 

[Che GlaserTechnology]

It looks like Outlook can be set to stop automatically adding information to contacts. In fact, this seems to be the default behavior - this field may only start populating when an address is input with a non-US address.

How To:
1) View / current view
2) right click on Country/Region and select Customize
3) Fields
4) select Country/Region from the right pane and hit Remove.




puche eagle wrote:

You either did not read my revised email or you do not understand.
20-Sep-09

You either did not read my revised email or you do not understand. I sai
nothing about transferring addresses to or from Word. I am talking abou
adding contacts to my address book, directly into Outlook 2007, a part o
Office 2007. When I do that i get the default United States as I mentione
earlier. Re-read my earlier explanation

:

Previous Posts In This Thread:

United States in contacts address blocks
When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically add
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the automati
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

What makes you think there is a need to?
What makes you think there is a need to? There is none

-
Russ Valentin
[MVP-Outlook]

I do not think so but what version of Outlook?
I do not think so but what version of Outlook? Not all versions of Outloo
add it to the address

-
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook
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That's in your opinion; if you cannot be helpful, do not waste my time with
That's in your opinion; if you cannot be helpful, do not waste my time with
smart-aleck answe

:

I use Outlok 2007.
I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program automatical
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region fields
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field; sam
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are US
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a list
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose th
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must b
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the countr
fields. Thank you

:

Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the
Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the countr
code they are barking up the wrong tree. There are better solutions fo
controlling address display than that. Those solutions depend on you
Outlook version and what problem you are trying to solve. You provided non
of that information. Now that is a waste of our time
-
Russ Valentin
[MVP-Outlook]

No there is not. Nor is there a need to.
No there is not. Nor is there a need to. Normally it is not necessary for th
country/region field to be blank in Outlook. Instead, users should contro
how addresses are inserted into Word. To learn about ways to control how a
Address is inserted into Word from Outlook, take a look here
Word 2000/2002
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.ht
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q134901

Word 2003/2007:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

More recent versions of Office (XP and 2003) are more dysfunctional when it
comes to inserting addresses. Modifying AddressLayout in Word 2002 will
apply only to addresses inserted into a document, but not to Envelopes or
Labels. The KB offers the following kludgy workaround:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292127

In Outlook 2002 and 2003, most users find that the country/region field is
no longer populated by default in new Contacts as it was in earlier
versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I use Outlok 2007.
I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field; same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.


:

Answer already posted.--Russ Valentine[MVP-Outlook]
Answer already posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

You either did not read my revised email or you do not understand.
You either did not read my revised email or you do not understand. I said
nothing about transferring addresses to or from Word. I am talking about
adding contacts to my address book, directly into Outlook 2007, a part of
Office 2007. When I do that i get the default United States as I mentioned
earlier. Re-read my earlier explanation.

:

I read what you said.
I read what you said. You said you did not want the country field filled in
because you do not want it to print.
That question was answered.
What is your next question?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]


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[Russ Valentine]

The option to add the country code to phone numbers is found here:
Contacts > Actions > Call Contact > New Call... > Dialing options...
--
Russ Valentine
in message

It looks like Outlook can be set to stop automatically adding information
to contacts. In fact, this seems to be the default behavior - this field
may only start populating when an address is input with a non-US address.

How To:
1) View / current view
2) right click on Country/Region and select Customize
3) Fields
4) select Country/Region from the right pane and hit Remove.




puche eagle wrote:

You either did not read my revised email or you do not understand.
20-Sep-09

You either did not read my revised email or you do not understand. I said
nothing about transferring addresses to or from Word. I am talking about
adding contacts to my address book, directly into Outlook 2007, a part of
Office 2007. When I do that i get the default United States as I
mentioned
earlier. Re-read my earlier explanation.

:

Previous Posts In This Thread:

United States in contacts address blocks
When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the
automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

What makes you think there is a need to?
What makes you think there is a need to? There is none.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I do not think so but what version of Outlook?
I do not think so but what version of Outlook? Not all versions of
Outlook
add it to the address.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll:
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205

That's in your opinion; if you cannot be helpful, do not waste my time
with
That's in your opinion; if you cannot be helpful, do not waste my time
with a
smart-aleck answer

:

I use Outlok 2007.
I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program
automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region
fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field;
same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are
US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a
list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must
be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.

:

Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the
Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the
country
code they are barking up the wrong tree. There are better solutions for
controlling address display than that. Those solutions depend on your
Outlook version and what problem you are trying to solve. You provided
none
of that information. Now that is a waste of our time.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

No there is not. Nor is there a need to.
No there is not. Nor is there a need to. Normally it is not necessary for
the
country/region field to be blank in Outlook. Instead, users should control
how addresses are inserted into Word. To learn about ways to control how
an
Address is inserted into Word from Outlook, take a look here:
Word 2000/2002:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q134901

Word 2003/2007:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

More recent versions of Office (XP and 2003) are more dysfunctional when
it
comes to inserting addresses. Modifying AddressLayout in Word 2002 will
apply only to addresses inserted into a document, but not to Envelopes or
Labels. The KB offers the following kludgy workaround:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292127

In Outlook 2002 and 2003, most users find that the country/region field is
no longer populated by default in new Contacts as it was in earlier
versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I use Outlok 2007.
I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program
automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region
fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field;
same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are
US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a
list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must
be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.


:

Answer already posted.--Russ Valentine[MVP-Outlook]
Answer already posted.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

You either did not read my revised email or you do not understand.
You either did not read my revised email or you do not understand. I said
nothing about transferring addresses to or from Word. I am talking about
adding contacts to my address book, directly into Outlook 2007, a part of
Office 2007. When I do that i get the default United States as I
mentioned
earlier. Re-read my earlier explanation.

:

I read what you said.
I read what you said. You said you did not want the country field filled
in
because you do not want it to print.
That question was answered.
What is your next question?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]


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[Palm Champion]

THANK YOU Che GlaserTechnology for attempting to answer this. Unfortunately, this does *exactly* correct: Step 2 should state "Select Customize Current View...". Other than that, perfect.

Russ Valentine is exactly the kind of @ss that makes Microsoft look bad (an MVP? Seriously???). It doesn't matter *why* someone wants to prevent outlook from displaying the country, and it doesn't matter whether *you* think this is a problem that needs to be addressed. The point is that the user doesn't want it there. Period. End of discussion. Is there a way to prevent it, or not? No one asked for your opinion. Che GlaserTechnology finally gave a straight answer to a simple question. Che GlaserTechnology should be the MVP here, not Russ Valentine.

When you type in an address when adding a contact, it automatically adds
United States to the country block. Is there a way to turn off the automatic
adding a country and let me add the country only as may be neded?

On Saturday, September 19, 2009 11:10 PM Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
What makes you think there is a need to? There is none.

On Saturday, September 19, 2009 11:17 PM Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:
I do not think so but what version of Outlook? Not all versions of Outlook
add it to the address.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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On Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:03 PM puche eagle wrote:
That's in your opinion; if you cannot be helpful, do not waste my time with a
smart-aleck answer

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

On Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:19 PM Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Invariably, when a user asks how to prevent Outlook from adding the country
code they are barking up the wrong tree. There are better solutions for
controlling address display than that. Those solutions depend on your
Outlook version and what problem you are trying to solve. You provided none
of that information. Now that is a waste of our time.

On Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:22 PM Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
No there is not. Nor is there a need to. Normally it is not necessary for the
country/region field to be blank in Outlook. Instead, users should control
how addresses are inserted into Word. To learn about ways to control how an
Address is inserted into Word from Outlook, take a look here:
Word 2000/2002:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q134901

Word 2003/2007:
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm

More recent versions of Office (XP and 2003) are more dysfunctional when it
comes to inserting addresses. Modifying AddressLayout in Word 2002 will
apply only to addresses inserted into a document, but not to Envelopes or
Labels. The KB offers the following kludgy workaround:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292127

In Outlook 2002 and 2003, most users find that the country/region field is
no longer populated by default in new Contacts as it was in earlier
versions.

On Sunday, September 20, 2009 1:40 PM puche eagle wrote:
I use Outlok 2007. When I add a business address, the program automaticaly
adds United States to the Business Address Country and Country Region fields;
if I add a home address, it adds US to the Home Address Country field; same
for Other to Other Address Country field. Since most of my contacts are US,
I do not want the field filled in because it prints out when I print a list.
If I delete the Country field when viewing or printing, then i lose the
foreign country portion for my international contacts. There surely must be
some way to stop the default United States from filling in the country
fields. Thank you.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

On Sunday, September 20, 2009 4:47 PM Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Answer already posted.

On Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:04 PM puche eagle wrote:
You either did not read my revised email or you do not understand. I said
nothing about transferring addresses to or from Word. I am talking about
adding contacts to my address book, directly into Outlook 2007, a part of
Office 2007. When I do that i get the default United States as I mentioned
earlier. Re-read my earlier explanation.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

On Monday, September 21, 2009 6:00 AM Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
I read what you said. You said you did not want the country field filled in
because you do not want it to print.
That question was answered.
What is your next question?