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Prepend 1 w/ Telus
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Posted by: wanna-b

I just purchased a P4000 and am very satisfied, well maybe just satisfied. I have been sinc-ing with Outlook and all my contacts wouldn't transfer. It appeared that anything with a 1 prepended in my contact list would not be recognized by the phone as a number. I went through all my contacts and took the 1 out. Voila...they all transferred. Now when I try to dial anyone long distance (the majority of my contacts) I get the "need to dial 1 before the area code". Telus said 'too bad so sad'...they can't help. Please tell me there is a solution. Now I have to get a pen and paper out, write the number down (bad short term memory) from the contact list, then go to phone and dial manually ...or do I...any ideas?

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Posted by: wanna-b

Trial and error. It appears to be syntax in my contact list. By opening the contact in Outlook and double clicking on the phone number, it brings up a detail box. Hitting OK prepends the contact number with a '+1 '. When it syncs up the phone software recognizes the syntax and prepends the contact accordingly.

Lesson learned...just typing 1 in the number is not good enough.