Automatic Dialing

D

Dale Gibble

The automatic dialing does not follow the rules set up.

How can the rules be set up for area codes
 
B

Brian Tillman

Dale Gibble said:
The automatic dialing does not follow the rules set up.

How can the rules be set up for area codes

You'll have to describe your symptoms a heck of a lot better than that.
Include your Outlook version as well.
 
H

Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]

Do you have your phone numbers stored in the correct format? Dialing rules
won't work if they aren't.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247192/en-us
You Must Enter Telephone Numbers in Canonical Form in Order to Use Dialing
Rules
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318575/en-us
Dialing rules may not be applied to tools such as Fax and Phone Dialer on
Windows XP-based and Windows Vista-based computers

Hal
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Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com
 
D

Dale Gibble

When I setup a new contact, I can type the phone number as: "7138271300" and
Outlook 2003 formats it as "(713) 480-4567". How can I adjust it to get
Outlook to format it in the Canonical Form. Is there any way to get Outlook
to correct the formatting on the existing 2000 contacts?
 
D

Dale Gibble

(800) 468-5865 works
(713) 827-1300 does not work

They are in the same exact format.
 
H

Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]

If you enter the number as "17134804567", Outlook should change it to "+1
(713) 480-4567", the proper format. Outlook will always try to store
numbers in the correct format when all digits are entered. As to making
bulk changes to existing contacts, something here might help:

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts_entry.asp
Data Entry and Updating Tools for Outlook

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- [email protected]
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com
 
D

Dale Gibble

There you go Brian, it's described in MUCH MORE detail, but alas no
solution!
 
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