How to automatic'ly add parenthesis and dash when entering phone n

**Format Telephone Numbers** · February 20th 06, 10:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

On some Outlook installations, you only need to enter the digits in a
telephone number, and when you Tab to the next field, Outlook automatically
adds a parenthesis to the area code and a dash after the first three numbers.

I have to manually add the paren and dash on my system at home. How can I
set up Outlook to automatically format the phone number? I have Office 2003
and WinXP.

**Brian Tillman** · February 20th 06, 11:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

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wrote:

On some Outlook installations, you only need to enter the digits in a
telephone number, and when you Tab to the next field, Outlook
automatically adds a parenthesis to the area code and a dash after
the first three numbers.

I have to manually add the paren and dash on my system at home. How
can I set up Outlook to automatically format the phone number? I
have Office 2003 and WinXP.

By configuring your dialing and modem options in Windows Control Panel,
Outlook should properly mask the phone numbers.
--
Brian Tillman

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