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More info?)
Oh, OK, sounds like a good idea. My machine is an iPAQ
5450 so maybe it's an HP thing.
Thanks
Ian
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>"Ian Davidson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
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>> >-----Original Message-----
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>> >"Ian Davidson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
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>> >news:0bb301c49ac1$fdf4eff0$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Does anyone know how to stop PPC2003 from formatting
>> the
>> >> owner phone number in the format (nnn) nnn-nnnn? It
>> >> really annoys me the way Microsoft assumes every
phone
>> >> number in the world follows the US format...
>> >>
>> >> TIA
>> >>
>> >> Ian
>> >
>> >
>> >Are you saying this is everywhere in your ppc, or in
one
>> application, or
>> >more? Which one(s)?
>>
>> I was referring specifically to the Owner information
as
>> displayed on the Today screen. Outlook etc performs
>> normally, ie I can format phone numbers any way I like.
>>
>> Have you checked that you have the correct country set
>> >rather that the default which will be USA.
>> >
>> Yes, Regional Settings set to English (Australia). You
>> might notice that these don't apparently extend to
phone
>> number formats - they're not listed anywhere in
Regional
>> Settings.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>
>In owner information on my machine I have free form
access- no forced
>formatting the American way. UK ROM, perhaps it is the
way your maker has
>made your machine- ask them?
>
>Why not ignore that field and put your phone number in
notes, formatted as
>you like. Tick the box to display it on startup if that
is what you want.
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