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July 19th 08, 06:31 PM
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Stop bracketting false area code when displaying phone no
Thank you for trying to help but ....! I am using my Outlook Contacts to
maintan a simple telephone list that I print out and keep in my wallet and refer to online. I don't want Outlook to change anything at all about the number that I enter. How can I persuade Outlook to stop trying to be helpful and just the leave the number exactly as I entered it. I have loads of old numbers in there that are exactly as I want them but I cannot get any new numbers in so obviously I have switched something on that I want to switch off. I am happy to edit the Registry if required. I hope you can help. "MonocleMike" wrote: I am using Outlook 2002 SP3 with XP. I live in France. We do not have area codes - we have to dial all the digits of every no. How do I stop Outlook Contacts putting brackets round the first two digits of any telephone no I enter in Contacts? 
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July 19th 08, 08:28 PM
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Stop bracketting false area code when displaying phone no
As I said, you can't. How Outlook masks numbers is hard coded. Why not place
the number in quotes so Outlook won't recognize it or store the number in a different field? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "MonocleMike" wrote in message ... Thank you for trying to help but ....! I am using my Outlook Contacts to maintan a simple telephone list that I print out and keep in my wallet and refer to online. I don't want Outlook to change anything at all about the number that I enter. How can I persuade Outlook to stop trying to be helpful and just the leave the number exactly as I entered it. I have loads of old numbers in there that are exactly as I want them but I cannot get any new numbers in so obviously I have switched something on that I want to switch off. I am happy to edit the Registry if required. I hope you can help. "MonocleMike" wrote: I am using Outlook 2002 SP3 with XP. I live in France. We do not have area codes - we have to dial all the digits of every no. How do I stop Outlook Contacts putting brackets round the first two digits of any telephone no I enter in Contacts?
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July 20th 08, 09:15 AM
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Stop bracketting false area code when displaying phone no
Thank you for your help. I believe that the masking rules depend upon the
country code. Is there a country which does not have area codes? Where can I find the masking rules? I could then choose a country that does it the way I want and then also use the facility to turn off the automatic adding of the country code. Yes, I could put them in quotes but it clutters up the printed list. Incidentally it is weird the way Outlook has only recently started formatting the numbers. I have loads in there already that I edited manually to be the way I want them but now cannot re-edit them without them being formatted. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: As I said, you can't. How Outlook masks numbers is hard coded. Why not place the number in quotes so Outlook won't recognize it or store the number in a different field? --
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July 20th 08, 03:44 PM
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Stop bracketting false area code when displaying phone no
Outlook has always done this and cannot be configured otherwise. The only
time it doesn't is when your telephony registry keys are missing or damaged, which is not a condition you can willingly replicate: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258171/en-us -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "MonocleMike" wrote in message ... Thank you for your help. I believe that the masking rules depend upon the country code. Is there a country which does not have area codes? Where can I find the masking rules? I could then choose a country that does it the way I want and then also use the facility to turn off the automatic adding of the country code. Yes, I could put them in quotes but it clutters up the printed list. Incidentally it is weird the way Outlook has only recently started formatting the numbers. I have loads in there already that I edited manually to be the way I want them but now cannot re-edit them without them being formatted. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: As I said, you can't. How Outlook masks numbers is hard coded. Why not place the number in quotes so Outlook won't recognize it or store the number in a different field? --
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July 20th 08, 10:14 PM
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Stop bracketting false area code when displaying phone no
there is no registry option for this but if you enter a character before the
number it won’t convert it - ' and , prevent it from changing and are not too intrusive, as will letters. Some will not have an affect. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/ Outlook Tips by email: Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "MonocleMike" wrote in message ... Thank you for trying to help but ....! I am using my Outlook Contacts to maintan a simple telephone list that I print out and keep in my wallet and refer to online. I don't want Outlook to change anything at all about the number that I enter. How can I persuade Outlook to stop trying to be helpful and just the leave the number exactly as I entered it. I have loads of old numbers in there that are exactly as I want them but I cannot get any new numbers in so obviously I have switched something on that I want to switch off. I am happy to edit the Registry if required. I hope you can help. "MonocleMike" wrote: I am using Outlook 2002 SP3 with XP. I live in France. We do not have area codes - we have to dial all the digits of every no. How do I stop Outlook Contacts putting brackets round the first two digits of any telephone no I enter in Contacts?
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