Friday, November 16, 2007

Tips: How to dial a phone number from the Calendar?

Adding a phone number in the Notes area of the Calendar is very useful when the reminder pops up to remind you that you need to call a contact. It would be great to be able to dial the number in the Notes area rather tha having to pull up Contacts and look up the contact number. However, by default, Outlook Mobile does not let you dial the number. At least, that function does not work in Windows Mobile 5/6 Professional edition. It does work in the Standard edition though.
There is a workaround for that. When typing the phone number in the notes area, use the following format: tel:1234567. The phone number, including "tel:" will get underlined and the font color will change to blue. Tap to dial the number.

3 comments:

  1. It´s work very well in WM5 in notes area of the Calendar and NOTES app

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  2. Anonymous9:16 PM

    Does NOT work on Windows Mobile 6 with a Sprint Touch.

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  3. Anonymous12:31 AM

    Does work on a Sprint Touch as long as you type a space at the end of the phone number to delineate the link.

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