Contact 2003 Phone Numbers

[geoff]

You use to be able to input a 10 digit phone number into
a New Contact and Contact would add the parens and dash
and then space it out correctly.

In Contact 2003 it just list the 10 digits in a row with
a line underneath everything.

This is very difficult to read.

It makes it very time consuming to enter in the parens,
space and dash.

Is there a setting somewhere that will correct this?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

"Contact 2003?" What's that?
If you mean Outlook 2003, set your location correctly and the numbers will
mask automatically.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the quick response. I am encouraged that
there is a solution. However, as stupid as this may
sound, how do you set your location?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
"Contact 2003?" What's that?
If you mean Outlook 2003, set your location correctly and the numbers will
mask automatically.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

You use to be able to input a 10 digit phone number into
a New Contact and Contact would add the parens and dash
and then space it out correctly.

In Contact 2003 it just list the 10 digits in a row with
a line underneath everything.

This is very difficult to read.

It makes it very time consuming to enter in the parens,
space and dash.

Is there a setting somewhere that will correct this?

.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Sorry. You need to set your dialing location so Outlook knows how to format
your numbers. Method depends on your OS. In Win XP it's Control Panel >
Phone and Modem Options...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks for the quick response. I am encouraged that
there is a solution. However, as stupid as this may
sound, how do you set your location?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
"Contact 2003?" What's that?
If you mean Outlook 2003, set your location correctly and the numbers will
mask automatically.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

You use to be able to input a 10 digit phone number into
a New Contact and Contact would add the parens and dash
and then space it out correctly.

In Contact 2003 it just list the 10 digits in a row with
a line underneath everything.

This is very difficult to read.

It makes it very time consuming to enter in the parens,
space and dash.

Is there a setting somewhere that will correct this?

.