Re: Requirement to enter fax nos for Outlook contacts in "canonical" format - absurd!

I'll search Outlook and try to find the place where I can configure it
to auto-insert the country code (1). Why am I trying to insert a
country code when I am simply dialing within my country? Hmmm, I guess
I never thought of the long distance 1 prefix as a country code. I
thought country codes only applied to international calls. Your
solution sounds similiar to the trick I found, where I checked "To
disable call waiting, dial ..." in the Dialing Rules. Either way we're
using a band-aid approach :)

I've looked at the Control Panel's Phone and Modem Options applet,
Dialing Rules, Locations etc. and find no place where one can indicate
to dial a 1 for long distance calls. The closest is the "to access an
outside line for long distance calls, dial ..." located on the Edit
Location screen's General tab. But that setting, if enabled, dials the
specified digit(s) then *waits* for a dial tone, then dials the number.
We need it to first wait for a dialtone, then dial the long distance
prefix, then the number. This setting is really meant for business or
hotel PBX systems where you have to enter a code to get an outside
line/dialtone...

So my original criticisms remain - why isn't Windows smart enough to
provision for dialing of the standard 1 prefix that 99% of US folks
have to dial? It should be easy to find, configure etc. - instead this
feature is entirely missing or so ridiculously hidden somewhere as to
be essentially useless. Folks should not have to research how to do
this - it should be so blatantly obvious that even the most nimble
novice can figure out how to make calls. Now I know how my computer
consulting client's feel when Windows doesn't work intuitively :) God
help me if I have to explain this silliness to them :) :)

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