How to NOT dial text in phone number with a note like "555-1212 John only"

I have some phone numbers that have text after them like "dont' call after 6". They were entered on Address Book on my desktop Mac. When I call these numbers from the contacts on the iPhone, it dials the letters also, which is annoying since they contintue beeping while the person has answered. Any suggestions on how to get the iPhone NOT to dial these parts of the number? Is there some magic character that makes it stop dialling? What does it do if the number is like 555-1212 x3434?
Lloyd

lslonim,
You may want to take the text out of the phone number field, otherwise the iPhone will assume it's part of the number you are dialing. You can add the "don't call after 6" message in the Notes field so that you can still see the reminder, but the iPhone does not continue to dial after the recipient has answered.
If you have a number that has an extension, you can set up the phone number to have pauses so that the extension can be auto-dialed when you select that phone number. Pauses are found under the "+*#" icon in the lower left-hand corner when you are adding a phone number to a contact. That will allow the iPhone to dial 555-1212, pause for a few seconds, and continue with 3434. You may have to experiment with the number of pauses needed to dial the number correctly.
Hope this helps,
Jennifer B.

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