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  #1  
Old September 15th 09, 02:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Slider76
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Default How do I add +1 to all my contact numbers?

I have seen posts where people want to remove the +1 in the phone number but
not add it. It is difficult to give a history of how my contact phone numbers
ended up without the +1 as I have used many versions of Outlook and many
third party CRM's in the past. I am currently using Office 2007 with Outlook
and have about 2,000 contacts with phone, fax and cell numbers for each.
About .05% of these are local calls so every time I make a call from my cell,
I have to wait for the message that says, "please dial a ! before your
number.....".

Is there a way to edit the phone, fax and cell phone field for all contacts
at the same time?

If I recall correctly, ACT had a "global edit" command that made this type
of batch editing very easy. Although, I also seem to remember finding a way
to edit the name or address of a group of contacts in Outlook at the same
time but there were at least ten times as many steps to accomplish the same
thing.
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Old September 15th 09, 09:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default How do I add +1 to all my contact numbers?

The problem is not the format of your phone numbers. It is with your dialing
rules.
Not an Outlook issue.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Slider76" wrote in message
...
I have seen posts where people want to remove the +1 in the phone number
but
not add it. It is difficult to give a history of how my contact phone
numbers
ended up without the +1 as I have used many versions of Outlook and many
third party CRM's in the past. I am currently using Office 2007 with
Outlook
and have about 2,000 contacts with phone, fax and cell numbers for each.
About .05% of these are local calls so every time I make a call from my
cell,
I have to wait for the message that says, "please dial a ! before your
number.....".

Is there a way to edit the phone, fax and cell phone field for all
contacts
at the same time?

If I recall correctly, ACT had a "global edit" command that made this type
of batch editing very easy. Although, I also seem to remember finding a
way
to edit the name or address of a group of contacts in Outlook at the same
time but there were at least ten times as many steps to accomplish the
same
thing.


  #3  
Old September 15th 09, 09:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Slider76
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Posts: 7
Default How do I add +1 to all my contact numbers?

So you are saying that if I go in through Control Panel and edit my dialing
rules, it will automatically place a +1 in front of all my phone, fax and
cell numbers?

Or is this something that needs to be done before you start populating the
contacts database?

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The problem is not the format of your phone numbers. It is with your dialing
rules.
Not an Outlook issue.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Slider76" wrote in message
...
I have seen posts where people want to remove the +1 in the phone number
but
not add it. It is difficult to give a history of how my contact phone
numbers
ended up without the +1 as I have used many versions of Outlook and many
third party CRM's in the past. I am currently using Office 2007 with
Outlook
and have about 2,000 contacts with phone, fax and cell numbers for each.
About .05% of these are local calls so every time I make a call from my
cell,
I have to wait for the message that says, "please dial a ! before your
number.....".

Is there a way to edit the phone, fax and cell phone field for all
contacts
at the same time?

If I recall correctly, ACT had a "global edit" command that made this type
of batch editing very easy. Although, I also seem to remember finding a
way
to edit the name or address of a group of contacts in Outlook at the same
time but there were at least ten times as many steps to accomplish the
same
thing.



  #4  
Old September 15th 09, 10:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default How do I add +1 to all my contact numbers?

No. I'm saying that the phone number format in Outlook is not the problem
and you have no need to change it. International (or canonical) format is
the preferred way to store phone numbers because it is the universal
standard. That's why Outlook uses it.
If your dialing software cannot dial your numbers correctly, it has nothing
to do with Outlook. Outlook does participate in that process. If you are
using the Windows dialer, your problem is that you don't have your operating
system's dialing rules set correctly. If you are using some other dialing
software, the problem is with its configuration. Outlook does not dial your
numbers and we have no way of knowing which dialer you are using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Slider76" wrote in message
...
So you are saying that if I go in through Control Panel and edit my
dialing
rules, it will automatically place a +1 in front of all my phone, fax and
cell numbers?

Or is this something that needs to be done before you start populating the
contacts database?

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The problem is not the format of your phone numbers. It is with your
dialing
rules.
Not an Outlook issue.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Slider76" wrote in message
...
I have seen posts where people want to remove the +1 in the phone number
but
not add it. It is difficult to give a history of how my contact phone
numbers
ended up without the +1 as I have used many versions of Outlook and
many
third party CRM's in the past. I am currently using Office 2007 with
Outlook
and have about 2,000 contacts with phone, fax and cell numbers for
each.
About .05% of these are local calls so every time I make a call from my
cell,
I have to wait for the message that says, "please dial a ! before your
number.....".

Is there a way to edit the phone, fax and cell phone field for all
contacts
at the same time?

If I recall correctly, ACT had a "global edit" command that made this
type
of batch editing very easy. Although, I also seem to remember finding a
way
to edit the name or address of a group of contacts in Outlook at the
same
time but there were at least ten times as many steps to accomplish the
same
thing.




  #5  
Old September 15th 09, 11:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Slider76
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Posts: 7
Default How do I add +1 to all my contact numbers?

Well, I use and sync both a Windows Mobile phone and the iPhone. I would
never dial a number from my computer so that doesn't matter to me.
Personally, I don't care how Outlook displays the phone number, I just want
my synced cell phones to dial it as long distance when I am out of my local
dialing area.

Now since my last post, I discovered something interesting. If I
double-click on a contact name and open the individual contact window, then
left-click on the Business Phone # button (or Fax or Mobile), another box
pops up entitled Check Phone Number (similar to the address one). Then, if I
click on OK, the box closes and there is now a +1 beside the phone number
(which wasn't there before).

The only problem with this method is that I don't want to do this over 4,000
times more to cover all my contacts. There has to be an easier way.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. I'm saying that the phone number format in Outlook is not the problem
and you have no need to change it. International (or canonical) format is
the preferred way to store phone numbers because it is the universal
standard. That's why Outlook uses it.
If your dialing software cannot dial your numbers correctly, it has nothing
to do with Outlook. Outlook does participate in that process. If you are
using the Windows dialer, your problem is that you don't have your operating
system's dialing rules set correctly. If you are using some other dialing
software, the problem is with its configuration. Outlook does not dial your
numbers and we have no way of knowing which dialer you are using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Slider76" wrote in message
...
So you are saying that if I go in through Control Panel and edit my
dialing
rules, it will automatically place a +1 in front of all my phone, fax and
cell numbers?

Or is this something that needs to be done before you start populating the
contacts database?

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The problem is not the format of your phone numbers. It is with your
dialing
rules.
Not an Outlook issue.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Slider76" wrote in message
...
I have seen posts where people want to remove the +1 in the phone number
but
not add it. It is difficult to give a history of how my contact phone
numbers
ended up without the +1 as I have used many versions of Outlook and
many
third party CRM's in the past. I am currently using Office 2007 with
Outlook
and have about 2,000 contacts with phone, fax and cell numbers for
each.
About .05% of these are local calls so every time I make a call from my
cell,
I have to wait for the message that says, "please dial a ! before your
number.....".

Is there a way to edit the phone, fax and cell phone field for all
contacts
at the same time?

If I recall correctly, ACT had a "global edit" command that made this
type
of batch editing very easy. Although, I also seem to remember finding a
way
to edit the name or address of a group of contacts in Outlook at the
same
time but there were at least ten times as many steps to accomplish the
same
thing.




  #6  
Old September 15th 09, 11:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Posts: 922
Default How do I add +1 to all my contact numbers?

You've lost me.
Explain:
1. Do you want the country code in your Outlook phone number fields or not?
You've now said it both ways.
2. Why do you think that how your iPhone dials is in any way an Outlook
issue? It is an iPhone issue.

Changing the format of existing phone numbers in Outlook would require
running code. Assuming you are convinced you need to do so, I would ask in
the programming group. Ken Slovak can write code like that in his sleep.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Slider76" wrote in message
...
Well, I use and sync both a Windows Mobile phone and the iPhone. I would
never dial a number from my computer so that doesn't matter to me.
Personally, I don't care how Outlook displays the phone number, I just
want
my synced cell phones to dial it as long distance when I am out of my
local
dialing area.

Now since my last post, I discovered something interesting. If I
double-click on a contact name and open the individual contact window,
then
left-click on the Business Phone # button (or Fax or Mobile), another box
pops up entitled Check Phone Number (similar to the address one). Then, if
I
click on OK, the box closes and there is now a +1 beside the phone number
(which wasn't there before).

The only problem with this method is that I don't want to do this over
4,000
times more to cover all my contacts. There has to be an easier way.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. I'm saying that the phone number format in Outlook is not the problem
and you have no need to change it. International (or canonical) format is
the preferred way to store phone numbers because it is the universal
standard. That's why Outlook uses it.
If your dialing software cannot dial your numbers correctly, it has
nothing
to do with Outlook. Outlook does participate in that process. If you are
using the Windows dialer, your problem is that you don't have your
operating
system's dialing rules set correctly. If you are using some other dialing
software, the problem is with its configuration. Outlook does not dial
your
numbers and we have no way of knowing which dialer you are using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Slider76" wrote in message
...
So you are saying that if I go in through Control Panel and edit my
dialing
rules, it will automatically place a +1 in front of all my phone, fax
and
cell numbers?

Or is this something that needs to be done before you start populating
the
contacts database?

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The problem is not the format of your phone numbers. It is with your
dialing
rules.
Not an Outlook issue.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Slider76" wrote in message
...
I have seen posts where people want to remove the +1 in the phone
number
but
not add it. It is difficult to give a history of how my contact
phone
numbers
ended up without the +1 as I have used many versions of Outlook and
many
third party CRM's in the past. I am currently using Office 2007 with
Outlook
and have about 2,000 contacts with phone, fax and cell numbers for
each.
About .05% of these are local calls so every time I make a call from
my
cell,
I have to wait for the message that says, "please dial a ! before
your
number.....".

Is there a way to edit the phone, fax and cell phone field for all
contacts
at the same time?

If I recall correctly, ACT had a "global edit" command that made
this
type
of batch editing very easy. Although, I also seem to remember
finding a
way
to edit the name or address of a group of contacts in Outlook at
the
same
time but there were at least ten times as many steps to accomplish
the
same
thing.





 




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