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The only method I know of that will keep the format as one number, e.g. Using this location, Outlook will leave your number as typed: 2021234567 provided you do not check the phone number, or if you do, click Cancel to close the Check Phone Number dialog. This only works in older versions of Outlook.Īdditionally, if your phone doesn't handle the parentheses around the area code, switch to the International Freephone Service in Control Panel, Phone and Modem options.

To enter Extensions, type an x then the extension following the number:Ģ021234567x12345 or 2021234567 x12345 How to Keep Outlook from Formatting Numbers You can enter extensions when you type the phone number. You do not need to use the Check Phone Number Dialog to enter Extensions. When you click Ok to exit the Check Phone Number dialog, Outlook adds the country code: When you click on the phone number buttons, this dialog opens. Check Phone Number dialogīefore clicking the buttons beside the number, they are formatted without the country code: If you open the dialog, click Cancel to leave the screen, not Ok. Smartphone users should avoid touching the Check Phone Number buttons as doing so will add a + and country code to the number. For more information, see Dialing phone numbers. You may have it set to automatically update phones numbers with the country code. If the country code is added as soon as you tab out of the number field, check the dialog properties.

Outlook 2010 and olderįor older versions of Outlook: Number formatting can be easily prevented in Outlook by typing the number in the field on the contact form and not using the Check Phone Number feature. Fax) and as 11 digits then clicked the button to check the number (Mobile).

The numbers in this screenshot were typed in as a 10 digit number (Business), 11 digits (Home), +1 and 11 more digits with no spaces, (Bus. While dialers will dial all 11 numbers, as soon as you hit a full number, the phone network will connect you to that number. If you enter 11 or more, it's entered as an unformatted number. Beginning with Outlook 2013, the numbers were always formatted for your region.