You can't. Outlook must present a consistent, standard format, which it
does. Your phone's plugin should have been developed correctly if it was to
interface with Outlook.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jeep137" wrote in message
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I am trying to use an SMS program that will allow me to send SMS messages
from my Outlook Contacts. However, when Outlook saves a phone number, it
automatically puts parenthesis around the area code and a hyphen between
the
prefix and suffix. These characters are not read by the SMS plugin and
causes the numbers to be invalid. How can I get Outlook to save the
numbers
just the way I type them in, I.E. 1234567890? Thanks