Telephone number formatting in Outlook 2003

Since I am in an area where 10-digit calling is the norm, I want my telephone
numbers in Outlook to appear at 404.679.5699, not (404) 679.5699. The
parenthesis is incorrect as the area code is a necessity, not something
parenthetical.

I think I have answered my own question. I did a new search using slightly
different terms and found where lots of people had made posts inquiring about
the same issue. I hope Microsoft engineers have been made aware of this
situation and that many people wish to mask the format of their telephone
numbers.

"henryb" wrote:

Since I am in an area where 10-digit calling is the norm, I want my telephone
numbers in Outlook to appear at 404.679.5699, not (404) 679.5699. The
parenthesis is incorrect as the area code is a necessity, not something
parenthetical.

This behavior would be controlled by your dialing rules, not the format of
the phone number in Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"henryb" wrote in message
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Since I am in an area where 10-digit calling is the norm, I want my
telephone
numbers in Outlook to appear at 404.679.5699, not (404) 679.5699. The
parenthesis is incorrect as the area code is a necessity, not something
parenthetical.

If the service Telephony is not turned on, the default formatting is none.
You must have Telephony started in order to create dialing rules, which can
be a problem if you do not have a modem installed on the computer.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
This behavior would be controlled by your dialing rules, not the format of
the phone number in Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"henryb" wrote in message
news
Since I am in an area where 10-digit calling is the norm, I want my
telephone
numbers in Outlook to appear at 404.679.5699, not (404) 679.5699. The
parenthesis is incorrect as the area code is a necessity, not something
parenthetical.