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In Australia mobile phone numbers are formatted like this: 0402 123 123.
Outlook Contacts is formatting the North American way so my entry becomes (04) 0212-3123. How can I change the default mobile phone formatting (I don't want to simply use Other, although have done so in the meantime since it doesn't force a format onto the numbers entered). Am using MS Office Outlook 2003 SP2 |
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Enter your phone numbers in full international format, which, for the example
you give, would be: +61 (4) 02123123 The format you show in your example is incorrect. A phone number cannot start with a "0". That leading "0" is a dialing prefix, and is not part of the phone number itself. And btw, there is no special format for mobile numbers. They are formatted the same as any other number. "Delphin" wrote: In Australia mobile phone numbers are formatted like this: 0402 123 123. Outlook Contacts is formatting the North American way so my entry becomes (04) 0212-3123. How can I change the default mobile phone formatting (I don't want to simply use Other, although have done so in the meantime since it doesn't force a format onto the numbers entered). Am using MS Office Outlook 2003 SP2 |
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Actually.... The 0 is part of the number in Australia. You dial the
0 from any australian phone. Although the +61 international format works, it is not the standard way to store and exchange mobile numbers in australia. Phone numbers are stored as 0402 123123 without brackets, and there has not yet been an outlook version which recognises that australians like to store their mobile numbers outside of the international standard. homeLAN wrote: Enter your phone numbers in full international format, which, for the example you give, would be: +61 (4) 02123123 The format you show in your example is incorrect. A phone number cannot start with a "0". That leading "0" is a dialing prefix, and is not part of the phone number itself. And btw, there is no special format for mobile numbers. They are formatted the same as any other number. "Delphin" wrote: In Australia mobile phone numbers are formatted like this: 0402 123 123. Outlook Contacts is formatting the North American way so my entry becomes (04) 0212-3123. How can I change the default mobile phone formatting (I don't want to simply use Other, although have done so in the meantime since it doesn't force a format onto the numbers entered). Am using MS Office Outlook 2003 SP2 |
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One work around is to store the number with a space after the first
four numbers, then outlook will not reformat the number ie 0402 123123 instead of 0402123123 On Jan 17, 4:25 pm, "Dr.Tim" wrote: Actually.... The 0 is part of the number in Australia. You dial the 0 from any australian phone. Although the +61 international format works, it is not the standard way to store and exchange mobile numbers in australia. Phone numbers are stored as 0402 123123 without brackets, and there has not yet been an outlook version which recognises that australians like to store their mobile numbers outside of the international standard. homeLAN wrote: Enter your phone numbers in full international format, which, for the example you give, would be: +61 (4) 02123123 The format you show in your example is incorrect. A phone number cannot start with a "0". That leading "0" is a dialing prefix, and is not part of the phone number itself. And btw, there is no special format for mobile numbers. They are formatted the same as any other number. "Delphin" wrote: In Australia mobile phone numbers are formatted like this: 0402 123 123. Outlook Contacts is formatting the North American way so my entry becomes (04) 0212-3123. How can I change the default mobile phone formatting (I don't want to simply use Other, although have done so in the meantime since it doesn't force a format onto the numbers entered). Am using MS Office Outlook 2003 SP2 |
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Actually ... the 0 is *not* part of the phone number in Australia (or
anywhere else for that matter). It is a dialing prefix, otherwise known as a "trunk prefix". See the following definitive description from the World Telephone Numbering Guide: http://wtng.info/wtng-61-au.html "Dr.Tim" wrote: Actually.... The 0 is part of the number in Australia. You dial the 0 from any australian phone. Although the +61 international format works, it is not the standard way to store and exchange mobile numbers in australia. Phone numbers are stored as 0402 123123 without brackets, and there has not yet been an outlook version which recognises that australians like to store their mobile numbers outside of the international standard. homeLAN wrote: Enter your phone numbers in full international format, which, for the example you give, would be: +61 (4) 02123123 The format you show in your example is incorrect. A phone number cannot start with a "0". That leading "0" is a dialing prefix, and is not part of the phone number itself. And btw, there is no special format for mobile numbers. They are formatted the same as any other number. "Delphin" wrote: In Australia mobile phone numbers are formatted like this: 0402 123 123. Outlook Contacts is formatting the North American way so my entry becomes (04) 0212-3123. How can I change the default mobile phone formatting (I don't want to simply use Other, although have done so in the meantime since it doesn't force a format onto the numbers entered). Am using MS Office Outlook 2003 SP2 |
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