6230i Select standard phone number in Outlook

I have multiple phone numbers for every contact in Outlook and I am synchronizing my contacts with my handset.
In my car I am using a bluetooth interface that utilizes the in-car display. Unfortunately the in-car system only shows the default (or standard) phone number for each phone book entry.
Now I need to go through my entire address book and set the standard phone number for each entry manually in the handset. This is awkward and painful. Can this be done somehow in Outlook? So that it synchronizes also the flag for the standard number into the handset?

Hi Tia8,
If you are having issues with iMessage and your phone number, you may find the following article helpful:
iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
Regards,
- Brenden

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Hi Tia8,
If you are having issues with iMessage and your phone number, you may find the following article helpful:
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Hi Aylamcguire,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
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HowDoI copy a phone number from a contact and paste it into a text

Z10 HowDoI copy a phone number from a contact and paste it into a text message?
Help Please. It should be so simple but in the maze of approaches to contacts from the phone or home screen which ever way you get there; how do I select a phone number, copy it and paste it into a text message to another contact so that I can send it on?
The logic of the interface is totally baffling to me most of the time. Can't there just be one contacts interface so that when you enter it from anywhere it presents the same options to edit etc. Cannot the three blobs be called up to allow a proper edit menu - copy/cut/paste/delete.
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Hey jbee,
Welcome to the BlackBerry® Support Community Forums.
How Do I copy a phone number from a contact and paste it into a text message?
The only option would be to to select the edit option on the contact and hold your finger on the number and select the copy option on the left side panel.
Can the favorites be held permanently in screen at the top with the rest of the contacts scrolling below them?
This feature is currently not available.
Can it be set up so that contact pictures do not show to save screen space?
This feature is currently not available.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks.
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I've gone through the text, thanks. But it doesn't give me a solution still. It says if after waiting for activation for 24hours it doesn't still work, then contact apple support. You see it still brings me back here.
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