Thank you for your help, but I'm trying to NOT make any changes in the
registry if possible. Your suggestions have definitely educated me and
helped me though.
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Maureen


"Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

If you're new to Outlook VBA, this is an excellent resource to help get you
started:

Visual Basic and VBA Coding in Microsoft Outlook:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/vb.htm

However, what you want to do doesn't really involve using VBA with the
Outlook Object Model, but direct modifications to the registry as I describe
in my blog post referred to in my previous message. To modify the registry,
Google for "VB Registry Class" for plenty of free source code that can help
you set and retrieve registry values. Once that code is in place inside a
VBA module, wire a macro up to a custom button much like you do in Word.

One caveat: changes to values in registry keys that Outlook uses may not be
read until Outlook is restarted. I currently do not know if Outlook's
message format values in the registry behave in the same way.

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Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, old school WOSA MCSD, B.A.)
Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/


"Maureen" wrote:

I was asked to create a series of documents in Word that includes data pasted
from the clipboard when the Word macro is run. To satisfy all the
requirements, I changed the Outlook mail format to HTML using MS Word to Edit
Email Msgs. We receive some email that takes FOREVER to open in Word when
forwarded (daily procedure), so we need to be able to easily uncheck the MS
Word to Edit Email Msgs box before forwarding these messages and easily
re-check that box. They are used to having buttons on the toolbar to perform
macros and other tasks, so that's why I need a macro in Outlook. I know how
to create a macro in Word and can fake my way through some VBA, but I don't
know where to start to have an Outlook macro change the mailformat for me.
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Maureen


"Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Hi Maureen. If you're dealing with these settings at a program level, see my
post he

Outlook's Message Format Settings In The Registry:
http://blogs.officezealot.com/legaul...8/03/1324.aspx

For a specific message, you will have to automate clicking the choices under
the Format menu by using CommandBar and CommandBarButton objects from the
Office Object Model. However, you have to switch to Plain Text in between.
So HTML - Plain Text - Rich Text - Plain Text - HTML. Why do you need to
do this?

--
Eric Legault (Outlook MVP, MCDBA, old school WOSA MCSD, B.A.)
Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca
Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/


"Maureen" wrote:

I need to create a macro in Outlook 2002 to change the mail format from HTML
to rich text and another to change it back to HTML. Can anyone help?
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Maureen