Milly,

This method you suggest will not work as the format of the details exported
is "General" with a " ' " infront of the details exported. When you apply a
custom format it is no longer general and when you import back into outlook
the formatting is ignored and is displayed as a number.
When displayed like this, outlook misses off the +44 (0) at the begining of
the phone number and display it as 1234 567890 (dropping the 0) instead of
+44 (0)1234 567890

Any ideas?

Regards

John


"Milly Staples - MVP Outlook" wrote in message
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You can export to Excel and set the column formatting to accomplish what
you want, then import them back to Outlook.

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"John" wrote in message
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Hi,
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to carry out a batch update of
contacts.
I have over 2000 contacts and would like to format their telephone
numbers.
At the moment all the nember are in the format 09999 999999 I need to
format them using +44(0)9999 999999
can this be done as a batch?

Regards

John