Re: Editing mail message, storing
From: Roady [MVP] (newsgroups_DELETE__at__DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net)
Date: 03/08/04
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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:51:01 +0100
Sorry, my bad. I meant to say; Make sure Word is not set as the mail editor.
Most likely he is sending in Rich Text Format which will trigger Word to
start.
Indeed, macro's can do a lot already but not everyone is that handy ;-)
-- Roady [MVP] www.sparnaaij.net Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office related News Also Outlook FAQ, How To's, Downloads and more... Tips of the month: -Create your own fully customized Toolbar -Creating a Classic View in Outlook 2003 Subscribe to the newsletter to receive news and tips & tricks in your mailbox! www.sparnaaij.net (I changed my reply address; remove all CAPS and _underscores_ from the address when mailing) "Steven M (to reply, remove the cola)" <unspam@houston.rrcola.com> wrote in message news:jspo40lt1qm7nufvrn68jepm13phu3412u@4ax.com... > Roady, > > This doesn't make sense to me. I would prefer to KEEP Outlook as my > e-mail editor, and that's what I see most of the time. It's just that > in the emails sent by one particular sender, and my replies to those > emails, bring up the Word editor instead of the Outlook editor. > > Can you please explain some more? > > I have seen the Sperry page, and that might be useful. However, the > macros I'm working on are very close to doing exactly what I want. > > Steven > > > > > On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:09:45 +0100, "Roady [MVP]" > <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote: > >>Make sure Outlook is not set as your e-mail editor; >>Tools-> Options-> tab Mail Format >> >>You can also automate what you are doing right now by means of an add-in; >> >>http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook/Attachment-Save.asp?Source=RS >>If you decide to order use "BH93RF24" to get a discount >> >>-- >>Roady [MVP] >>www.sparnaaij.net >>Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office related News >>Also Outlook FAQ, How To's, Downloads and more... >> >>Tips of the month: >>-Create your own fully customized Toolbar >>-Creating a Classic View in Outlook 2003 >>Subscribe to the newsletter to receive news and tips & tricks in your >>mailbox! >>www.sparnaaij.net >> >>(I changed my reply address; remove all CAPS and _underscores_ from the >>address when mailing) >>"Steven M (to reply, remove the cola)" <unspam@houston.rrcola.com> wrote >>in >>message news:l29o40ljmc026bteb2kfcbe2fputsed3c5@4ax.com... >>> With Outlook 2000: >>> >>> In order to keep my PST file small enough to fit on a CD-ROM, and >>> still keep several years of emails available, for the past couple of >>> years I have been keeping the size of the PST file down by deleting >>> the large attachments that I send and receive every week. >>> >>> To do this, I go to the personal folders, then do an Advanced Find for >>> items with attachments that are over a certain size (usually about 600 >>> KB). Then I open each message, click Edit / Edit message, go to the >>> attachments, begin a Save As command to get the name of the >>> attachment, but abort without saving, and paste the filename at the >>> bottom of the message. I do this for all the attachments in the >>> message (usually only one or two). >>> >>> This works fine, most of the time. But for the past few months, a new >>> customer has been sending emails that are causing a problem. I >>> suppose they are being created in Word. When I click on Edit / Edit >>> Message, it opens the Word editor. If I add the names of the >>> attachments, and then close the editor, it prompts me to save the >>> message as a Word file. >>> >>> That's not what I want. I want to edit the message, deleting the >>> attachments and adding the names of the deleted files, but leave >>> everything else about the message as an ordinary Mail Item. >>> >>> Is there any way I can force these messages to be edited using the >>> regular Outlook message editor, and not Word? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Steve M - unspam@houston.rrdirt.com (remove dirt for reply) >>> >>> For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over >>> public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman >> > > > -- > Steve M - unspam@houston.rrdirt.com (remove dirt for reply) > > For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over > public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
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