Someone already said it. 1) Export to CSV 2) Search & Replace 3) Import 4) Profit!
- Sean On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Terry Fryrear <[email protected]> wrote: > I created a contact in my outlook using forward slashes. > > After it reconciled I called the contact and it went through. I even > checked to make sure the it had the forward slashes on my BB. It did. So she > had to make all of her contacts in her Outlook using forward slashes instead > of dashes. > > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:08 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Cross Post: Help! User Error! > > > > Outlook 2k3 > > Exchange 2k3 > > > > I have a user, who has hundreds of contacts in her Outlook. She’s new to > our agency, and we imported her contacts from her previous job. She says > that her Blackberry didn’t have issues dialing these numbers, but that her > Samsung Saga WM device does. When I investigated, the issue is that a lot > of the phone numbers in her contacts were input as XXX /XXX-XXXX. The > Samsung doesn’t like the forward slash, so when she tries to dial these > numbers, it dials the area code only. I proved that the slash is the issue, > by having her fix one number, and try it, and lo and behold, the phone dials > the full number. > > > > My question: Is there a tool, script, whatever, that I can have her use, > to go through her contacts, and replace the forward slash with a dash? She > already has a bad view of WM, and I need to get a solution for her fairly > quickly. > > > > I can’t even prove or disprove that the Blackberry can or can’t dial a > number in the format XXX /XXX-XXXX. If someone else could try it and let me > know, I’d personally appreciate it, even though I can’t go back to her and > tell her she’s full of it or not… > > > > > > Joe Heaton > > AISA > > Employment Training Panel > > 1100 J Street, 4th Floor > > Sacramento, CA 95814 > > (916) 327-5276 > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
