6680 contacts error

hi - i used the software on the supplied disc to upload al my contacts from
MS outlook 2003 to my 6680 handset - and none will dial

i get the " number not recognised " error

i am in the UK and MS outlok saved all my numbers in the format :

+44 [XXXXX] YYYYYY

removing the [ ] brackets manually allows the number to be rung -- is there
a simpe way to reformat ALL my contacts in one go ??

i cannot reformat them on my PC -- and asking a similar question on an
outlook help newsgroup got no replies

TIA

YRS - AJ

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"Andrew J Farrow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> hi - i used the software on the supplied disc to upload al my contacts
> from MS outlook 2003 to my 6680 handset - and none will dial
>
> i get the " number not recognised " error
>
> i am in the UK and MS outlok saved all my numbers in the format :
>
> +44 [XXXXX] YYYYYY
>
> removing the [ ] brackets manually allows the number to be rung -- is
> there a simpe way to reformat ALL my contacts in one go ??
>
> i cannot reformat them on my PC -- and asking a similar question on an
> outlook help newsgroup got no replies
>
> TIA
>
> YRS - AJ
>
TBH I think you are going to have to change the numbers manually. Sorry that
doesn't help you much :-(

"Andrew J Farrow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> hi - i used the software on the supplied disc to upload al my contacts
> from MS outlook 2003 to my 6680 handset - and none will dial
>
> i get the " number not recognised " error
>
> i am in the UK and MS outlok saved all my numbers in the format :
>
> +44 [XXXXX] YYYYYY
>
> removing the [ ] brackets manually allows the number to be rung -- is
> there a simpe way to reformat ALL my contacts in one go ??
>
> i cannot reformat them on my PC -- and asking a similar question on an
> outlook help newsgroup got no replies
>
> TIA
>
> YRS - AJ
>

not sure if this would work. but try it out and let us know.

ok try saving your outlook contacts as text file. then open in ms word.
using the find and replace option. find [ and replace with (deleted
space). then same for ]

then transfer over to your nokia

"Dark Warrior_" <dark_warrior_@-_N-O-_S-P-A-M_-ntlworld.com> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
>
> "Andrew J Farrow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> hi - i used the software on the supplied disc to upload al my contacts
>> from MS outlook 2003 to my 6680 handset - and none will dial
>>
>> i get the " number not recognised " error
>>
>> i am in the UK and MS outlok saved all my numbers in the format :
>>
>> +44 [XXXXX] YYYYYY
>>
>> removing the [ ] brackets manually allows the number to be rung -- is
>> there a simpe way to reformat ALL my contacts in one go ??
>>
>> i cannot reformat them on my PC -- and asking a similar question on an
>> outlook help newsgroup got no replies
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> YRS - AJ
>>
>
> not sure if this would work. but try it out and let us know.
>
> ok try saving your outlook contacts as text file. then open in ms word.
> using the find and replace option. find [ and replace with (deleted
> space). then same for ]
>
> then transfer over to your nokia
Good tip, I think, but why not do this to the outlook address book first, I
don't find any real use from the area code being separated.

"Dark Warrior_" wrote :
>
> not sure if this would work. but try it out and let us know.
>
> ok try saving your outlook contacts as text file. then open in ms word.
> using the find and replace option. find [ and replace with (deleted
> space). then same for ]
>
> then transfer over to your nokia
>

hey -- that ha worked - i had to delete all my contacts from the PC and
replace them with the new list -- but hey my phone now works correctly -
thanks

ps -- i acutally used the " save as csv " function so i could etit it in MS
excell

but the principle was he same

YRS - AJ

"Andrew J Farrow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Dark Warrior_" wrote :
>>
>> not sure if this would work. but try it out and let us know.
>>
>> ok try saving your outlook contacts as text file. then open in ms word.
>> using the find and replace option. find [ and replace with (deleted
>> space). then same for ]
>>
>> then transfer over to your nokia
>>
>
> hey -- that ha worked - i had to delete all my contacts from the PC and
> replace them with the new list -- but hey my phone now works correctly -
> thanks
>
> ps -- i acutally used the " save as csv " function so i could etit it in
> MS excell
>
> but the principle was he same
>
> YRS - AJ
You learn something new every day. Good tip that I'll remember too.