John,

Try Find and Replace component from MAPILab Toolbox. It's an Outlook add-in.
You just have to set up a rule for replacing data and all information will be
instantly updated.

http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/toolb...d_replace.html

This component was developed for similar purposes.
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Nick Kharchenko, MAPILab Ltd.
Software for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook


"John" wrote:

guys,
how would I use this. Do I need VB6, I only have Visual Studio 2008 and
this will not upgrade.?

Any ideas

Regards

John

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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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?

This tool should be able to handle that:
http://www.slovaktech.com/phonechanger.htm
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]