I enjoyed how Outlook reformatted my phone number automatically but it QUIT,
now if I enter a 10 digit phone number with no brackets, no dashed, no spaces
it stays that way. Why did Outlook stop auto-formatting the phone number.

Darrell


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Masking of phone numbers in Outlook is hard coded and not subject to user
control.
In some later versions, masking is turned off if you set a null dialing
location for your entire operating system, but that's hardly a practical
workaround.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Willi" wrote in message
...
When adding phone no's in Outlook contacts, they auto format with brackets
for the first two numbers as for area code and then dash in the middle of
the
numbers.
How can that be turned off ?
My country settings are for Australia.
I have tried formatting options in outlook as described in knowledgebase,
but nothing seems to make a difference.
Thanks

Did you disable the Telephony service in windows? Set your dialing service
to use international freephone service?

To quickly figure out - click one of the number buttons - Business... etc.
If it doesn't work, the telephony service is disabled, if it adds +800, you
have it set to use the freephone service country coding.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2009/20090410.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"brainstewn" wrote in message
news
I enjoyed how Outlook reformatted my phone number automatically but it
QUIT,
now if I enter a 10 digit phone number with no brackets, no dashed, no
spaces
it stays that way. Why did Outlook stop auto-formatting the phone number.

Darrell


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Masking of phone numbers in Outlook is hard coded and not subject to user
control.
In some later versions, masking is turned off if you set a null dialing
location for your entire operating system, but that's hardly a practical
workaround.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Willi" wrote in message
...
When adding phone no's in Outlook contacts, they auto format with
brackets
for the first two numbers as for area code and then dash in the middle
of
the
numbers.
How can that be turned off ?
My country settings are for Australia.
I have tried formatting options in outlook as described in
knowledgebase,
but nothing seems to make a difference.
Thanks

Hi Diane:

Thanks for the tip but I couldn't find "freephoneservice" in control
panelphones&modems anywhere. telephony seems to be abled.

Any other ideas?

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Did you disable the Telephony service in windows? Set your dialing service
to use international freephone service?

To quickly figure out - click one of the number buttons - Business... etc.
If it doesn't work, the telephony service is disabled, if it adds +800, you
have it set to use the freephone service country coding.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2009/20090410.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


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"brainstewn" wrote in message
news
I enjoyed how Outlook reformatted my phone number automatically but it
QUIT,
now if I enter a 10 digit phone number with no brackets, no dashed, no
spaces
it stays that way. Why did Outlook stop auto-formatting the phone number.

Darrell


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Masking of phone numbers in Outlook is hard coded and not subject to user
control.
In some later versions, masking is turned off if you set a null dialing
location for your entire operating system, but that's hardly a practical
workaround.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Willi" wrote in message
...
When adding phone no's in Outlook contacts, they auto format with
brackets
for the first two numbers as for area code and then dash in the middle
of
the
numbers.
How can that be turned off ?
My country settings are for Australia.
I have tried formatting options in outlook as described in
knowledgebase,
but nothing seems to make a difference.
Thanks

What happens when you try to click the buttons labeled business..., home...
etc?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


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"brainstewn" wrote in message
...
Hi Diane:

Thanks for the tip but I couldn't find "freephoneservice" in control
panelphones&modems anywhere. telephony seems to be abled.

Any other ideas?

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Did you disable the Telephony service in windows? Set your dialing
service
to use international freephone service?

To quickly figure out - click one of the number buttons - Business...
etc.
If it doesn't work, the telephony service is disabled, if it adds +800,
you
have it set to use the freephone service country coding.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2009/20090410.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"brainstewn" wrote in message
news
I enjoyed how Outlook reformatted my phone number automatically but it
QUIT,
now if I enter a 10 digit phone number with no brackets, no dashed, no
spaces
it stays that way. Why did Outlook stop auto-formatting the phone
number.

Darrell


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Masking of phone numbers in Outlook is hard coded and not subject to
user
control.
In some later versions, masking is turned off if you set a null
dialing
location for your entire operating system, but that's hardly a
practical
workaround.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Willi" wrote in message
...
When adding phone no's in Outlook contacts, they auto format with
brackets
for the first two numbers as for area code and then dash in the
middle
of
the
numbers.
How can that be turned off ?
My country settings are for Australia.
I have tried formatting options in outlook as described in
knowledgebase,
but nothing seems to make a difference.
Thanks