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Publishing Custom Forms

How to publish custom Outlook forms and manage published forms.

Macros to send messages using a specific account

Macro samples to send messages from a specific email account or email address you have permission to send as.

Saving All Messages to the Hard Drive Using VBA

Use this code to save messages with the date in the filename, retaining the Outlook file structure. To save selected messages as PDF files, see Save Outlook email as a PDF This code sample will save all messages in a specific Outlook folder (and any subfolders of the selected folder) in a folder you select  

How to use Outlook's VBA Editor

Basic instructions on using Outlook's VBA editor: how to open it, where to put the code, how to sign your code.

Always Reply Using HTML Format in Outlook

I'm often asked how to configure Microsoft Outlook to always reply using HTML format. Outlook doesn't support this but you can use VBA.

Automatically Create Contacts From Messages

This macro will go through the messages in a folder and create a contact for each sender A user needed to solve this problem: My contact list on a prior system was deleted. I imported all of my emails into my new Microsoft Outlook 2003 but going through all the emails individually to add contacts  

Getting to know OOM, getting to know all about OOM

Most power users of Outlook are aware that it can be customized to a degree. The ability to create custom forms or use VBA macros have been around since Outlook 97 and Outlook 2000, respectively. Even casual users know that COM Add-ins can be built and installed to “add-on” functionality to Outlook which doesn’t exist.  

Designing Custom Outlook Forms

How to open Microsoft Outlook's Forms Designer and create your own customized forms.

How to Set a Custom Form as the Default for a Folder

You can easily change the default form used for new items for any folder type except Mail folders. Although the screenshots are for contacts, the steps are the same for Calendar & Tasks. Right click on the folder name and choose Properties. Then select the new form from the General tab, When posting to this  

Pick Contacts using VBA

Use the following VBA code to create a contact picker to link contacts to tasks. You can change the code to allow for a manual pick of contacts folder, ie not hardcoded. If you have contacts stored in another folder, this change will make it easier to use. To use a folder picker with other  

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Mail Templates in Outlook for Windows (and Web)

Urban legend: Microsoft Deletes Old Outlook.com Messages

Buttons in the New Message Notifications

Move Deleted Items to Another Folder Automatically

Open Outlook Templates using PowerShell

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