Outlook 2000 automatically formatted a contact phone number into the standard (nnn) nnn-nnnn. All I had to do was enter the 10 number string. Outlook XP (2002) leaves it as an unformatted string, with a useless smart tag that adds a country code without my telling it to. I cannot find anything in Tools to get back what was a great little feature.
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2001-06-20 14:19Outlook XP
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2001-06-20 16:42Re: Outlook XP
where do you see a smart tag? in contact's phone # field? it's doing it correctly for me as soon as i tabbed out - and no smart tags.
what build and language are you using? (I have RTM and US English)
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2001-06-21 11:28Re: Outlook 2002
MaryJ - Thanks for your help. For now, this problem has gone away. This a.m. everything is working fine. No idea why the behavior shifted for a day or two. The version is 10.0, build 2625, subset 2625.
Maybe what I'm seeing is not a SmartTag. As soon as I place the cursor in any blank or filled telephone field, a small square icon with a pencil appears to the right of that entry field. Clicking it opens up a box that clarifies country code, area code, exchange, etc.
