Hello. I'm a former long time Palm user who recently switched to Windows Mobile and Outlook. All of my contact phone numbers were in the xxx-xxx-xxxx format, and they stayed that way when I imported into Outlook, and now through Pocket Outlook. All the new numbers I enter are in the (xxx) xxx-xxxx format. Is there a way (short of manually re-doing all) of changing ALL the phone numbers in my contact list to the parenthetical format? I don't have a strong preference for one or the other, but do like consistency, and if Outlook is doing new ones that way, I'd ideally like to make the old ones that way too. Thanks. Rob
open each contact and click the phone # button... personally, I'd learn to love inconsistency unless there are few numbers that need fixing. :) -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "Robert Stanley" wrote in message news:umq$BFWDJHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hello. I'm a former long time Palm user who recently switched to Windows > Mobile and Outlook. All of my contact phone numbers were in the > xxx-xxx-xxxx format, and they stayed that way when I imported into > Outlook, and now through Pocket Outlook. > > All the new numbers I enter are in the (xxx) xxx-xxxx format. > > Is there a way (short of manually re-doing all) of changing ALL the phone > numbers in my contact list to the parenthetical format? > > I don't have a strong preference for one or the other, but do like > consistency, and if Outlook is doing new ones that way, I'd ideally like > to make the old ones that way too. > > Thanks. > > Rob
If that's the easiest fix, maybe inconsistency isn't so bad after all. Thanks. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message news:uxYefJWDJHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > open each contact and click the phone # button... personally, I'd learn to > love inconsistency unless there are few numbers that need fixing. :) > > -- > Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] > Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ > Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com > > Outlook Tips by email: > dailytips-subscribe-request@lists.outlooktips.net > > EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: > EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM > > You can access this newsgroup by visiting > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your > newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. > > > "Robert Stanley" wrote in message > news:umq$BFWDJHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Hello. I'm a former long time Palm user who recently switched to Windows >> Mobile and Outlook. All of my contact phone numbers were in the >> xxx-xxx-xxxx format, and they stayed that way when I imported into >> Outlook, and now through Pocket Outlook. >> >> All the new numbers I enter are in the (xxx) xxx-xxxx format. >> >> Is there a way (short of manually re-doing all) of changing ALL the phone >> numbers in my contact list to the parenthetical format? >> >> I don't have a strong preference for one or the other, but do like >> consistency, and if Outlook is doing new ones that way, I'd ideally like >> to make the old ones that way too. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Rob >
"Robert Stanley" wrote in message news:ePdtYUWDJHA.3432@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > If that's the easiest fix, maybe inconsistency isn't so bad after all. There are tools that can do the job as well. Here's some VB code that might help: http://www.slovaktech.com/phonechanger.htm -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
Thanks for the tip. It looks like this requires some use of VB, which is I think is probably above my computer pay grade. I may just have to resign my compulsive stuff to inconsistency! "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message news:uAqKOleDJHA.3576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "Robert Stanley" wrote in message > news:ePdtYUWDJHA.3432@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >> If that's the easiest fix, maybe inconsistency isn't so bad after all. > > There are tools that can do the job as well. Here's some VB code that > might help: > http://www.slovaktech.com/phonechanger.htm > -- > Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
