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I found something else to hate about office 2007 recently as I attempted to add a contact to Outlook, this time on a newly configured laptop.
Like I usually would, I right clicked on the e-mail address of the person who sent me the message, and chose “Add to Contacts”. I added the necessary information, and immediately upon attempting to save, I was greeted with this dialog box asking me to insert the area code of my location, which I had no use for.
When I attempted to cancel, the dialog box simply opened again, forcing me to enter the zip code. When I read the secondary dialog box more closely, it actually says “some applications will respond to canceling this box by immediately reposting it”.
Apparently, “some applications” would include Microsoft Outlook 2007, so anyone running a computer without an active dialup modem, (umm – like most people these days) will see this message.
It’s pretty funny to me that they would create a custom error message warning us of the potential problem I may have by canceling the action, as opposed to just fixing it.
Can someone PLEASE tell me how to get rid of the area code? It is causing me great distress! I put it in incorrectly and now whenever I add new contacts on my computer they have the wacko area code stuck on so that when they transfer to my smartphone they don’t work! Help! I just want to get rid of it!
That’s actually a system setting in XP – and can’t be changed from inside Office (can you believe that?)
Go to Control Panel – Switch to Classic View – Go to Phone and Modem options.
If you’re running Windows Vista, I’m afraid I don’t know the exact steps, I’m sorry, but it should be similar…