Aidan Corey wrote...

outlookmvp wrote on Mon, 10 March 2008 17:04
outlook formats the number based on your windows settings - control panel,
modem and phone options, dialing location.


Which country do I have to be in to stop Outlook inserting parentheses in international numbers (ones starting with '+')?

I like my international numbers in the correct (ITU E.123) format, so they should never have parentheses.

What is this format?

In Australia we have ten digit phone numbers.

eg:

03-9999-9999

where 03 is the area code for the state of Victoria, the first four digits
generally denote a small geographical region or telephone exchange, and
then the line itself.

The format for most can be like this:

(03) 9999-9999.

Then we have mobile phone (cellular phone) number format as such:

0400-111-111

The first 4 digits generally is assigned to specific carriers. or used to
be til number portability between carriers was allowed.

But Outlook formats the mobile numbers like this:

(04) 0011-1111.

I see it most in my PDA which sync's with Outlook (Windows Mobile 6). I
wish that I could get both Outlook and the PDA to display the numbers
"correctly".