how do i format phone number field

**tnbubba** · #1 May 1st 06, 04:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook

I have imported my Act 2000 database into Outlook 2003 to begin my conversion
process. Even though I did not have the 1+ dialing in act..Outlook 2003 it
added it to all my phone number fields. How do I bulk format all existing
phone number fileds to read only (xxx) 555-1212??

**Brian Tillman** · #2 May 1st 06, 05:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook

tnbubba wrote:

I have imported my Act 2000 database into Outlook 2003 to begin my
conversion process. Even though I did not have the 1+ dialing in
act..Outlook 2003 it added it to all my phone number fields. How do
I bulk format all existing phone number fileds to read only (xxx)
555-1212??

See if this helps:
While viewing Contacts, click ActionsCall ContactNew Call. Click Dialing
Options and uncheck "Automatically add country code to local phone numbers".
I don't believe that will affect numbers already formatted with the country
code, but it should supporess future addition. However, the coutry code is
proper and there should be no issue with leaving it. It is canonical.

You can use this tool to remove existing country codes if you wish:
http://www.slovaktech.com/phonechanger.htm
--
Brian Tillman

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