how to get rid of hyphen which outlook inserts in every ph no hurford 01.09.2006 07:53:01 When I put a phone number into a contact in Outlook as soon as I save it Outlook underlines it and inserts a hyphen in the middle. When I transfer this to my mobile phone and use the number I get a message saying there is something wrong with the number. how can I stop Outlook doing this ?

Re: how to get rid of hyphen which outlook inserts in every ph no "Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]" <russval[ at ]gmail.com> 01.09.2006 09:08:35 You can't. How phone numbers are masked is hard coded. The manufacturers of your mobile phone know that. If they expect to synch with Outlook, they must write the correct software. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "hurford" <hurford[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:019AE5A9-A9C1-4865-B770-DEC37A86A1AA[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > When I put a phone number into a contact in Outlook as soon as I save it > Outlook underlines it and inserts a hyphen in the middle. When I transfer > this to my mobile phone and use the number I get a message saying there is > something wrong with the number. how can I stop Outlook doing this ?