Paste a phone number?

I understand that the phone is supposed to recognize phone numbers in Safari/email messages and give you an option to dial them. What if the phone doesn't recognize a string of numbers as a phone number, and doesn't provide the option to dial it? First of all, why? And second, is there any way to use copy/paste to dial the number? The best I could figure out was to copy the number, create a new calendar item, paste the number there, save, close and then open the calendar item, and then dial the number. Is there no way to open the dialer and paste in a string of digits?

if it's a 10-digit code it perfectly works, though in the BlackBerry world there is a notion of BB-friendly numbers where passcodes and confirmation codes are appended to the number to let callers "click once and for all". something like:
+1.888.999.7711x123#x653#
such a format is supported in BB easing life of conference dialers. in iphone i didn't find a way to make it "dialable" in a meeting request or a note. although if you create a contact it works. for the above example it would be:
+1.888.999.7711,123#,653#
but at best in the meeting request the part before first comma is picked if a space used just after it. in case of no space it's not recognized as a phone format and isn't avaible for dialing.

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