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Key it into where?<br />
If into any of the phone fields in a contact, it should be automatic.
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Unfortunately, it doesn't autoformat the phone numbers. If I key in 12224445555 in, that's how it shows. If I right-click, I can then key in my country, code etc, but it doesn't do it as a default.<br />
Cheers;<br />
JBM
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Outlook should automaticlly format phone numbers, unless if you're using Outlook97, and you are stuck with what you have.<br />
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But starting with Outlook 2000, the autoformattting should work.<br />
Try recreating the dialing properties location by going to your phone and modem options:<br />
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1. Remove all the existing dialing properties locations by clicking REMOVE, in the &quot;I am dialing from&quot; section.<br />
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2. Click NEW, re-enter you country/region and area code and then hit OK.<br />
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Thanks a ton; you got me on the right track. The exact sequence is open contacts select Actions, then &quot;Call contact&quot;, then &quot;new call&quot;, then hit the &quot;Dialing Options&quot; button, then toggle on the &quot;Automatically add country code to local phone numbers.&quot; TA DA. It was in the help, I just wasn't searching properly. Thanks for your efforts. This is a neat site.
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I can't find the setting that will allow me to key in the 10-character phone number, and have it formatted as a phone number. Easy one.
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I can't find the setting that will allow me to key in the 10-character phone number, and have it formatted as a phone number. Easy one.

How to auto-format phone numbers Outlook 2003

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