That setting only applies to new Contacts you create, not existing ones.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Linda" wrote in message
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I am having the same problem. When I make changes to the country code the
changes don't reflect in outlook. When I turn off the outlook dialing
properties option to not use the country code I also don't see any
difference. The 1+ shows up no matter what I try. Is there a setting on
the
Exchange server perhaps?