jQuery Plugin to disable MS Lync Phone Number detection

jquery.disableMSLync.js

/*
The IE Microsoft Lync Plugin puts an icon next to all phone numbers in the html markup.
This causes page layouts to break, especially with scrolling table plugins.
The icon is also included in printouts.

This disableMSLync plugin hides phone numbers from MS Lync by replacing the normal hyphen 
with the non-breaking hyphen character code.
*/


/* Hide phone numbers from MS Lync plugin */
/* by using non-breaking hyphens          */
/* usage: $('.phone').disableMSLync();    */
jQuery.fn.disableMSLync = function() {
  return this.each(function(){
    this.innerHTML = this.innerHTML.replace(/-/g,"‑");
  })
}