Outlook 2000 Contacts Phone Fields

  • Thread starter Thread starter Jason
  • Start date Start date
J

Jason

I would like to know how to stop Outlook 2000 from
automatically formatting phone number fields. When I
input a number, it automatically adds the area code and
puts () around it, and - in the middle of the number, and
I want to stop this happening. Can anyone tell me how to
do it please?
 
Russ,

Why is it hard coded? Isn't an acceptable phone number
format what I descibe below?
contacts to use a format so that they can easily fit on
my PDA's limited character display.

Instead of (xxx)xxx-xxxx which is what you usually get
with Outlook (I'm using 2002).

I'd like to get xxx.xxx.xxxx

Saving the 2 characters makes a difference.

Does anyone know how that might be done?

Thanks



-----Original Message-----
You can't. Masking of phone numbers is hard coded.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I would like to know how to stop Outlook 2000 from
automatically formatting phone number fields. When I
input a number, it automatically adds the area code and
puts () around it, and - in the middle of the number, and
I want to stop this happening. Can anyone tell me how to
do it please?
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
 
Don't ask me. I'm not a developer.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Steve said:
Russ,

Why is it hard coded? Isn't an acceptable phone number
format what I descibe below?
contacts to use a format so that they can easily fit on
my PDA's limited character display.

Instead of (xxx)xxx-xxxx which is what you usually get
with Outlook (I'm using 2002).

I'd like to get xxx.xxx.xxxx

Saving the 2 characters makes a difference.

Does anyone know how that might be done?

Thanks



-----Original Message-----
You can't. Masking of phone numbers is hard coded.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I would like to know how to stop Outlook 2000 from
automatically formatting phone number fields. When I
input a number, it automatically adds the area code and
puts () around it, and - in the middle of the number, and
I want to stop this happening. Can anyone tell me how to
do it please?
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Back
Top