If you're doing stuff just for yourself in Outlook 2003, then VBA should be able to handle most of your needs. See my signature for a book you might find useful.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Mark Racicot" wrote in message ...
I took a *quick* look, so I probably missed the answer in earlier posts, so
please pardon me if this has been answered already... I'm new to VBA, though
I have some beginner-level C++ experience. I'm looking for two pieces of
advice. First, what book(s) are good for beginners who want to learn enough
VB to script simple actions in Outlook 2003? Second, what environmental tools
do I need, or are the VB scripting tools included within O2k3 enough to write
and compile scripts (or is compiling even an issue with VB?)? I appreciate
your thoughts and recommendations!