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Old December 23rd 06, 12:55 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
marto_martin
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Default Remove brackets from phone numbers in contacts

Why are only a handfull of numbers effected then? Most contacts read as they
should - 123456789 with only maybe 10% reading (12) 345-6789......STRANGE!

marto

"Y J Landro" wrote:

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] skreiv Tue, 03 Jan 2006
04:00:06 +0100

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.


And badly so. I can't see the problem letting the *users* decide how to
show their data, but then again, this is Microsoft.

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Old December 23rd 06, 02:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Remove brackets from phone numbers in contacts

You tell us. You posted no information. Outlook masks numbers automatically.
You have no control over it. What you did to circumvent it, only you know.
Typically this means your TAPI settings were corrupt. Were they?
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Russ Valentine
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"marto_martin" wrote in message
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Why are only a handfull of numbers effected then? Most contacts read as
they
should - 123456789 with only maybe 10% reading (12) 345-6789......STRANGE!

marto

"Y J Landro" wrote:

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] skreiv Tue, 03 Jan 2006
04:00:06 +0100

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.


And badly so. I can't see the problem letting the *users* decide how to
show their data, but then again, this is Microsoft.

- Y J Landro

--
Opera - the natural choice for the concerning net surfer:
http://www.opera.com


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Old December 23rd 06, 12:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
marto_martin
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Default Remove brackets from phone numbers in contacts

Good question...what did I do.

I have a pda phone which is where all my contacts first came from, it
sync's through Activesync 4.2 to Outlook 2003.

Not 100% sure but from what I can gather I think the first ever time I
sync'ed the numbers were all normal, I think the brackets and dashes have
appeared if I have edited or added contacts since - either at pda or pc end.

As for TAPI not sure what this stands for but will do some searching.

Thanks for your thoughts.

marto

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You tell us. You posted no information. Outlook masks numbers automatically.
You have no control over it. What you did to circumvent it, only you know.
Typically this means your TAPI settings were corrupt. Were they?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"marto_martin" wrote in message
...
Why are only a handfull of numbers effected then? Most contacts read as
they
should - 123456789 with only maybe 10% reading (12) 345-6789......STRANGE!

marto

"Y J Landro" wrote:

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] skreiv Tue, 03 Jan 2006
04:00:06 +0100

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.

And badly so. I can't see the problem letting the *users* decide how to
show their data, but then again, this is Microsoft.

- Y J Landro

--
Opera - the natural choice for the concerning net surfer:
http://www.opera.com


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Old December 23rd 06, 01:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Remove brackets from phone numbers in contacts

Using import or synch to populate fields often results in corrupt entries in
Outlook. As soon as you edit a field or enter the information
conventionally, it will be formatted correctly.
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Russ Valentine
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"marto_martin" wrote in message
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Good question...what did I do.

I have a pda phone which is where all my contacts first came from, it
sync's through Activesync 4.2 to Outlook 2003.

Not 100% sure but from what I can gather I think the first ever time I
sync'ed the numbers were all normal, I think the brackets and dashes have
appeared if I have edited or added contacts since - either at pda or pc
end.

As for TAPI not sure what this stands for but will do some searching.

Thanks for your thoughts.

marto

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You tell us. You posted no information. Outlook masks numbers
automatically.
You have no control over it. What you did to circumvent it, only you
know.
Typically this means your TAPI settings were corrupt. Were they?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"marto_martin" wrote in message
...
Why are only a handfull of numbers effected then? Most contacts read as
they
should - 123456789 with only maybe 10% reading (12)
345-6789......STRANGE!

marto

"Y J Landro" wrote:

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] skreiv Tue, 03 Jan
2006
04:00:06 +0100

You can't. This behavior is hard coded.

And badly so. I can't see the problem letting the *users* decide how
to
show their data, but then again, this is Microsoft.

- Y J Landro

--
Opera - the natural choice for the concerning net surfer:
http://www.opera.com



 




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