This code sample creates a Word document containing the selected contact's name, address, phone number and contact photo. This sample uses a new, blank Word document, however, you could use a Word template with either bookmarks or merge fields for the contact data.
In my code sample:
- If the contact has a home address or phone, that is used in the printout, else the business address or phone is used.
- If a photo is not assigned to the contact, it uses a placeholder image.
- The contact photos are scaled to 36 pixels high. If the image is more then 134 pixels wide after the height is scaled, the image is reduced to 100 pixels wide.
- The document is hidden until the macro finishes. If you want to watch the macro create the entries, put oWord.Visible = True right after oWord.Documents(1).Activate.
To use, paste the code into the VBA editor and create a folder under Documents called Logos. Rename an image placeholder.jpg, to use for contacts who don't have a photo and put it in the logos folder. Select the contacts you want to print (use Ctrl+A to select all) then run the macro.
This is a Outlook macro. You need to set a reference to the Word object library in the VBA editor's Tools, References menu.
Option Explicit Public Sub MergeContactPhoto() Dim Session As Outlook.NameSpace Dim currentExplorer As Explorer Dim Selection As Selection Dim oContact As ContactItem Dim attach As Attachment Dim obj As Object Dim strFilename As String Dim filename As String Dim imagePath As String Dim oWord As Word.Application Dim strAddress As String Dim strNumber As String ' Uses current user's profile Dim enviro As String enviro = CStr(Environ("USERPROFILE")) ' Get Word On Error Resume Next Set oWord = GetObject(, "Word.Application") If oWord Is Nothing Then Set oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") End If ' open a new word doc oWord.Documents.Add oWord.Documents(1).Activate Set currentExplorer = Application.ActiveExplorer Set Selection = currentExplorer.Selection If Not TypeOf Selection.Item(1) Is Outlook.ContactItem Then MsgBox "You need to select Contacts first!" Exit Sub End If For Each obj In Selection 'Test for ContactGroups If TypeName(obj) = "ContactItem" Then Set oContact = obj ' Save the contact photo strFilename = "" For Each attach In oContact.Attachments strFilename = strFilename & ";" & attach.filename Next If InStr(strFilename, "ContactPicture.jpg") Then For Each attach In oContact.Attachments If attach.filename = "ContactPicture.jpg" Then filename = oContact.FirstName & oContact.LastName & ".jpg" imagePath = enviro & "\Documents\Logos\" & filename attach.SaveAsFile imagePath Exit For End If Next Else imagePath = enviro & "\Documents\Logos\placeholder.png" End If If Not oContact.HomeAddress = "" Then strAddress = " - Home: " & oContact.HomeAddressStreet & ", " & oContact.HomeAddressCity & ", " & oContact.HomeAddressState & vbCrLf ElseIf Not oContact.BusinessAddress = "" Then strAddress = " - Business: " & oContact.BusinessAddressStreet & ", " & oContact.BusinessAddressCity & ", " & oContact.BusinessAddressState & vbCrLf Else strAddress = vbCrLf End If If Not oContact.HomeTelephoneNumber = "" Then strNumber = "Home phone: " & oContact.HomeTelephoneNumber ElseIf Not oContact.BusinessTelephoneNumber = "" Then strNumber = "Business Phone: " & oContact.BusinessTelephoneNumber Else strNumber = vbCrLf End If Dim shp As Word.Shapes Dim logo As Word.Shape Dim rng As Word.Range Set rng = oWord.Selection.Range oWord.Selection.TypeText Text:=oContact.FullName & strAddress oWord.Selection.TypeText Text:=strNumber oWord.Selection.TypeParagraph Set shp = oWord.Documents(1).Shapes ' add the new logo Set logo = shp.AddPicture(filename:=imagePath, LinkToFile:=False, _ SaveWithDocument:=True, Anchor:=rng, Left:=3, Top:=-3) ' use same wrap format as placeholder logo.WrapFormat.Type = wdWrapSquare ' height and width are in pixels ' 1 inch = 72 pixels If logo.Height > 40 Then With logo .LockAspectRatio = True .Height = 36 .Apply End With End If If logo.Width > 134 Then With logo .LockAspectRatio = True .Width = 100 .Apply End With End If End If Next oWord.Visible = True ' oWord.Documents(1).PrintOut PrintToFile:=True Set oWord = Nothing Set obj = Nothing Set Selection = Nothing Set currentExplorer = Nothing Set Session = Nothing End Sub
How to use the Macro
First: You will need macro security set to low during testing.
To check your macro security in Outlook 2010 and newer, go to File, Options, Trust Center and open Trust Center Settings, and change the Macro Settings. In Outlook 2007 and older, it’s at Tools, Macro Security. If Outlook tells you it needs to be restarted, close and reopen Outlook. Note: after you test the macro and see that it works, you can either leave macro security set to low or sign the macro.
Now open the VBA Editor by pressing Alt+F11 on your keyboard.
To put the code in a module:
- Right click on Project1 and choose Insert > Module
- Copy and paste the macro into the new module.
Set a reference to other Object Libraries
If you receive a "User-defined type not defined" error, you need to set a reference to another object library. For this macro, it would be Word's object library.
- Go to Tools, References menu.
- Locate the object library in the list and add a check mark to it.
More information as well as screenshots are at How to use the VBA Editor.
HI there - could you tell me where i can find the word object model?
Many thanks
It's listed in Tool, References under Microsoft Word Object Library.
First time through running this and I get "Compile error: user-defined type not defined" for the line which reads, "Dim oWord As Word.Application". (I have been looking for this capability for years - so close, so far). I know practically nothing about macros; left off programming back at Fortran IV. Can fix
You need to add the Word object model in the VBA editor's Tools, References to avoid that error message.
Will try it - thanks,
Dear Diane !!
I am getting same error "user-defined type not defined" in the line
"Dim Session As Outlook.NameSpace"
and I have already checked
"Outlook Addinlib"
"Outlook ChangeNotifierAddin 1.0 Type Library"
in "References" of Tool menu
Also, I have outlook already configured in my laptop with a working outlook email id.
Kindly guide the solution.
Are you using the macro in outlook or word? it's an outlook macro. Also, those two libraries you checked should be unchecked; one is the itunes sync addin, not sure about the other one, but they don't have any effect on this.
And I am using Ms Word 2016
While the macro could be tweaked to work in word, its an outlook macro.