[rprockey]

Oneformula, I agree that there are some rather obvious shortcuts that Microsoft and Palm have left out. Since the calendar application is Microsoft, I believe this particular oversight is on them. I seem to recall that I was able to able to dial phone numbers from appointments on my Sprint PPC 6700 (HTC Apache), but that was with Windows Mobile 5 and the Treo 800w runs Windows Mobile 6.

Big D5's solution is confirmed, one can certainly copy a number from a calendar appointment record, and paste it to phone field on the today screen. Big D5's advice is also good, copy and paste and the stylus are your friends in navigating your new WinMo device.