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From: j5 on 26 Mar 2010 12:59 I have Windows XP pro with Office 2007 and a verizon Ozone phone runing windows 6.1. I sync my Outlook to the phone locally through Activesync.
From: Diane Poremsky [MVP] on 26 Mar 2010 15:33 So they use p for pause and it will dial the extension after a few seconds? Someone asked about it the other day and I suggested comma for a pause. You might help someone in the future. :) Now to your problem... What happens if you edit outlook's contacts to use a p instead of x? -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request(a)lists.outlooktips.net EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda? http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473 "j5" <j5(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C86A063C-9956-4916-9D4F-8D3722BDEC15(a)microsoft.com... > > I have Windows XP pro with Office 2007 and a verizon Ozone phone runing > windows 6.1. I sync my Outlook to the phone locally through Activesync. > My > problem is, I add phone numbers to my contacts in Outllok, and the when I > try > to call them from my windows phone, the phone sees the number as > international and the call fails. Apparently this is because the number > has > an extention. > Verizons answer is to edit the phone number on the phone itself and add > the > letter p where outlook puts an x (for extention). this works until you > edit > the person in outlook then the x is put back in... from this type of > phone > using the companies directory instead of the extention is difficult and > does > not seem like somethin you should have to do. It also seems you should be > able to edit numbers from inside Outlook and have them work properly with > a > windows phone. > > where am I making my mistake? > >
From: j5 on 27 Mar 2010 10:09
if you edit it out, Outlook is nice enough to put it right back in again... "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: > So they use p for pause and it will dial the extension after a few seconds? > Someone asked about it the other day and I suggested comma for a pause. You > might help someone in the future. :) > > Now to your problem... What happens if you edit outlook's contacts to use a > p instead of x? > > -- > Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] > Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ > Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ > > Outlook Tips by email: > mailto:dailytips-subscribe-request(a)lists.outlooktips.net > > EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: > mailto:EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST(a)PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM > > Do you sync your mailbox with a smartphone or pda? > http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=39473 > > > > "j5" <j5(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C86A063C-9956-4916-9D4F-8D3722BDEC15(a)microsoft.com... > > > > I have Windows XP pro with Office 2007 and a verizon Ozone phone runing > > windows 6.1. I sync my Outlook to the phone locally through Activesync. > > My > > problem is, I add phone numbers to my contacts in Outllok, and the when I > > try > > to call them from my windows phone, the phone sees the number as > > international and the call fails. Apparently this is because the number > > has > > an extention. > > Verizons answer is to edit the phone number on the phone itself and add > > the > > letter p where outlook puts an x (for extention). this works until you > > edit > > the person in outlook then the x is put back in... from this type of > > phone > > using the companies directory instead of the extention is difficult and > > does > > not seem like somethin you should have to do. It also seems you should be > > able to edit numbers from inside Outlook and have them work properly with > > a > > windows phone. > > > > where am I making my mistake? > > > > |