Address Book: Problem with telephone no. format

In the telephone number format pane in address book I am unable to have other formats, the only option I have is Custom. In tiger I had a few other options.
Anyone know how to fix this?
See my thread at MacRumors: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=579651
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To reinstall would I back up my addresses, delete Address Book, boot from install dvd and install Address Book
I would certainly backup the addresses, but I wouldn't delete the AddressBook in case you have a problem reinstalling it.
After all, your Address Book works and this problem is only a very slight detail to be bothered with, so copy it to another location rather than delete it in case you want to move it back again.
Just insert your DVD and open it in Finder, and first look under Custom Install for AddressBook. If it is not there, then click on Software Restore and see if you can find it there to install.

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