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VBA Code Samples was last modified: February 8th, 2018 by Slipstick
Export GAL to Excel

Use VBA to Export Exchange GAL to Excel

A VBA code sample to export Exchange GAL entries to an Excel worksheet.

update the reminder times

Set a reminder on selected items in the To-Do List

Use a macro to set the reminder time on selected items in the task or to-do list.

Use VBA to open Outlook messages stored in the file system

Use VBA to open Outlook messages saved in the Windows file system and access the attachments in those messages.

Format Contact phone numbers to use with Skype

Use a macro to add your country code to Outlook contacts for dialing in Skype.

Use an Outlook Macro to Send Files by Email

How to send all of the files in a folder as email attachments, one attachment per Outlook message using a VBA macro.

Lookup a Contact's time zone

How to use an Outlook macro to use a contact's postal code or phone number to look up their time zone.

Delete attachments from messages

How to keep the name of an attachment in a message after using VBA to remove the attachment.

Delete items from a public folder

Outlook VBA code to delete the contents of a specific public folder or public folders.

Customize the ribbon with a macro button

Use a macro to Reply with boilerplate text

Use an Outlook VBA macro to reply to messages with specific text in the subject and message body as well as CC and BCC it to other members of the team.

Change the email account of a message

Change the email account on received email

After importing messages into Outlook, they may display the wrong email account. You can use a macro to change the account shown in the Email Account field.

Make the Address Book show only e-mail addresses, not fax numbers

Outlook includes fax numbers in the address book because they are valid electronic addresses. You can hide fax numbers from the address book by using a macro or an addin.

macro in the VBA editor

Delay Delivery of Messages Sent at Specific Times

Use an ItemSend Macro to delay delivery of message sent after business hours.

Choose the account to send a reply from

By default, Outlook always replies to and forwards mail using the account the message arrived on. Most of the time, this is how most of us want Outlook to handle our accounts. But there are times when you might want to send the reply from a different account. We show you how to do this.

The Express way, and the road to Redemption…

In Part 1, we took a brief look at the fundamentals of Outlook programming. This included a quick exploration of the two primary interfaces: the full MAPI framework and the Outlook Object Model (OOM). There was also a summary of the available customization and extensibility capabilities, from custom forms and VBA macros to building COM  

Birthdays recur every 12 Years

In this calendar sync bug, All Day events that recur yearly are changed to recur every 12 years. This bug first appeared with the release of Office 2007 SP2 and affects devices that sync with Outlook 2007 using ActiveSync. It may only affect users who sync their device between two different computers. The problem is  

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