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- Subject: Re: How to get to email from Word
- Author: Graham Mayor
- Date: 20 Apr
- References:
I can't think of a way to pass the formatting between the applications
using this macro construction. Until someone comes up with something better,
change the line.
.Body = Selection
to
.Body = ""
and paste your formatted selection into the text area.
To cast the net wider I have cross-posted to the programming and Outlook
forums
Sub Send_Extract_As_Mail()
' send the document in an Outlook Email message
Dim bStarted As Boolean
Dim oOutlookApp As Outlook.Application
Dim oItem As Outlook.MailItem
On Error Resume Next
'Get Outlook if it's running
Set oOutlookApp = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
'Outlook wasn't running, start it from code
If Err <> 0 Then
Set oOutlookApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
bStarted = True
End If
'Create a new mailitem
Set oItem = oOutlookApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
With oItem
.to = "someone@somewhere.com"
.Subject = InputBox("Subject?")
.Body = Selection
.Display
End With
'Clean up
Set oItem = Nothing
Set oOutlookApp = Nothing
End Sub
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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George Lutz wrote:
> Terry:
>
> Thanks, but that had no effect on the result.
>
> George Lutz
>
> "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>
>> In Outlook, go to Tools, Options, select the Mail Format tab and
>> then click on Editor Options at the bottom.
>>
>> Select the Advanced tab and then under Cut, Copy Paste section, make
>> sure that the Keep Source formatting option is selected. that should
>> then paste and keep your formatting without need to modify the macro.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>> "George Lutz" <GeorgeLutz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AFA46BFE-E95A-4281-92A2-12CEC503C434@microsoft.com...
>>> Terry -- thanks, I found it.
>>>
>>> Graham: Can your macro be modifed so that the text that is pasted
>>> into the email body preserves the formatting it had in Word? When
>>> I run your macro,
>>> bolded text becomes unbolded and tabs disappear.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> George Lutz
>>>
>>> "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Right-click anywhere on the QAT and select Customize. In the
>>>> customize dialog, select All Commands and scroll down to Microsoft
>>>> Outlook.
>>>>
>>>> But I am assuming that you have the whole Office 2007 suit and not
>>>> just Word
>>>> 2007 mixed with Outlook 2003. That combination won't work as Word
>>>> 2007 needs
>>>> Outlook 2007 for compatibility.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this sorts it for you.
>>>>
>>>> Terry
>>>>
>>>> "George Lutz" <GeorgeLutz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>> message news:75250428-033E-45B7-B7D8-08211F879919@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Graham's macro works very nicely -- thank you, Graham.
>>>>>
>>>>> Terry: I would like to try your suggestion, but Outlook does not
>>>>> seem to
>>>>> be
>>>>> a Command available to me in Word Options | Customize | All
>>>>> Commands. Where
>>>>> can I find the Command to which you are referring?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> George Lutz
>>>>>
>>>>> "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> George
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can add the Outlook command button to the QAT, just like you
>>>>>> can add
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Send to Mail Recipient tool to the QAT.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Terry Farrell
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "George Lutz" <GeorgeLutz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:5F4E7F9A-7155-40CA-9AAF-2B3C73B291A3@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>> But I don't want to send the entire Word document -- just the
>>>>>>> portion
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> that is my email. I take notes as I go through the day, and
>>>>>>> occasionally
>>>>>>> compose an email that I then want to send. The email is just a
>>>>>>> small
>>>>>>> portion
>>>>>>> of the day's notes. So, I compose the email, then cut and
>>>>>>> paste its text
>>>>>>> into Outlook. The button I used in Word 2003 called up Outlook,
>>>>>>> opened
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> blank email, and allowed me to paste in the text I had prepared
>>>>>>> in Word.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> also had a button that called up Outlook with an email already
>>>>>>> addressed
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> my assistant, who is the recipient of about half of the 20 or so
>>>>>>> emails
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> send each day -- very convenient. Amazing that such a useful
>>>>>>> feature
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> be eliminated in an "updated" version of Word!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I appreciate your replies. however.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> George Lutz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It was never necessary to copy and paste into a blank email in
>>>>>>>> Outlook.
>>>>>>>> All
>>>>>>>> you ever needed to do from Word was to click on the Send to
>>>>>>>> Mail Recipient
>>>>>>>> tool (in either Word 2002, Word 2003 or Word 2007).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When you click on that tool, it adds the standard email
>>>>>>>> address bar to
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> top of the windows which looks and feels identical to the blank
>>>>>>>> email
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> Outlook.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In Word 2007, you need to add this command button Send Mail to
>>>>>>>> Recipient
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> the QAT because Microsoft inexplicably left it off the Send
>>>>>>>> Menu.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "George Lutz" <George Lutz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>>> news:9BB76EF2-D598-444C-9B26-B33575E4F950@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>>> I just chagned from Word 2003 to Word 2007. In Word 2003, I
>>>>>>>>> had an
>>>>>>>>> icon
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> the toolbar that allowed me to call upOutlook. I.e., I wouudl
>>>>>>>>> compose
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> email in word, then select and copy it, then click on this
>>>>>>>>> icno, and
>>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>> email
>>>>>>>>> opened up ready for me to paste in the text. I am pretty sure
>>>>>>>>> I used
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> Customixe feature in 2002 to do this.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How can I get such an icon in 2007 to land in my Quick Access
>>>>>>>>> Toolbar?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> George Lutz
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