Outlook Contacts default Number

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"Brian" <broehm@removemeesiindy.com> wrote in message
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> Hi! I have a Samsung PPC6600 2003CDMA and I have a ton of contacts with
> different office, mobile, home etc. numbers How do I change the default
> number that displays when I hit the contact. It gets hard and unsafe when
> I'm driving to have to find the contact hit enter, find the right number
> and then scroll again to the correct number. Then get the stylus out and
> click the X and start the scrolling process again to call the next person.
> Most of these people I call on their mobile numbers so I'd like to just
> use the buttons on the phone to scroll then hit enter on their contact
> name without having to open the contact to find the right number.
>
> I've gone into Outlook and deleted most of the numbers I don't want and
> put them in the order I'd like to see them on my phone but it seems to
> pick the number randomly. Some people from work's numbers have their home
> number listed first in my PPC contacts and some have the mobile number.
>
> Please help before I crash!
>
> TIA
>

Tap and hold at the right of the contacts list where you see the letter
representing the number type, like "m" for mobile or "h" for home. You will
get a drop down list where you can select the default number for each
contact.

HTH

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Thank you so much. It's a tricky little thing, if you hold it too long it
goes into the call.... menu .


"Liam" <not@home.now> wrote in message
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>
> "Brian" <broehm@removemeesiindy.com> wrote in message
> news:eFYk3ILjFHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi! I have a Samsung PPC6600 2003CDMA and I have a ton of contacts with
>> different office, mobile, home etc. numbers How do I change the default
>> number that displays when I hit the contact. It gets hard and unsafe
>> when I'm driving to have to find the contact hit enter, find the right
>> number and then scroll again to the correct number. Then get the stylus
>> out and click the X and start the scrolling process again to call the
>> next person. Most of these people I call on their mobile numbers so I'd
>> like to just use the buttons on the phone to scroll then hit enter on
>> their contact name without having to open the contact to find the right
>> number.
>>
>> I've gone into Outlook and deleted most of the numbers I don't want and
>> put them in the order I'd like to see them on my phone but it seems to
>> pick the number randomly. Some people from work's numbers have their
>> home number listed first in my PPC contacts and some have the mobile
>> number.
>>
>> Please help before I crash!
>>
>> TIA
>>
>
> Tap and hold at the right of the contacts list where you see the letter
> representing the number type, like "m" for mobile or "h" for home. You
> will get a drop down list where you can select the default number for each
> contact.
>
> HTH
>

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Couple of different ways to do it... see

http://bevhoward.com/bhhpj.htm#Contact