I have designed myself a form for a mail message that I will be using all
the time. I have published it and then realized I needed to add the
attachment feature as this e-mail will always have attachments but it will
not allow me to do so. What am I doing wrong? When you make a personal
forms library form, can you not design it to allow you to add attachments to
it?

Candace Reed

First of all, you should not be using a published custom form except for internal messages within an Exchange server environment. It will cause headaches for non-Outlook recipients.

Second, if you can't add attachments, it's probably because you removed the message body control. Add it back by dragging the Message field from the Field Chooser to your form.

--
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

"Candace Reed" wrote in message ...
I have designed myself a form for a mail message that I will be using all
the time. I have published it and then realized I needed to add the
attachment feature as this e-mail will always have attachments but it will
not allow me to do so. What am I doing wrong? When you make a personal
forms library form, can you not design it to allow you to add attachments to
it?

Candace Reed

If I want to use a form (send a message) over and over again that says the
same thing, how do I go about it without cutting and pasting every time?
That's what I thought the forms were for.


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
First of all, you should not be using a published custom form except for
internal messages within an Exchange server environment. It will cause
headaches for non-Outlook recipients.

Second, if you can't add attachments, it's probably because you removed the
message body control. Add it back by dragging the Message field from the
Field Chooser to your form.

--
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

"Candace Reed" wrote in message
...
I have designed myself a form for a mail message that I will be using all
the time. I have published it and then realized I needed to add the
attachment feature as this e-mail will always have attachments but it will
not allow me to do so. What am I doing wrong? When you make a personal
forms library form, can you not design it to allow you to add attachments
to
it?

Candace Reed

If you have a message you send often, turn off Word as your email editor (in versions of Outlook before 2007), create the message, then save it as an .oft file. You will be able to run that file whenever you need to send that message, without running into the problems of published custom forms.

--
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

"Candace Reed" wrote in message ...
If I want to use a form (send a message) over and over again that says the
same thing, how do I go about it without cutting and pasting every time?
That's what I thought the forms were for.


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
First of all, you should not be using a published custom form except for
internal messages within an Exchange server environment. It will cause
headaches for non-Outlook recipients.

Second, if you can't add attachments, it's probably because you removed the
message body control. Add it back by dragging the Message field from the
Field Chooser to your form.


"Candace Reed" wrote in message
...
I have designed myself a form for a mail message that I will be using all
the time. I have published it and then realized I needed to add the
attachment feature as this e-mail will always have attachments but it will
not allow me to do so. What am I doing wrong? When you make a personal
forms library form, can you not design it to allow you to add attachments
to
it?

Candace Reed

And you can turn WordMail back on after you save the .oft file.



"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ...
If you have a message you send often, turn off Word as your email editor (in versions of Outlook before 2007), create the message, then save it as an .oft file. You will be able to run that file whenever you need to send that message, without running into the problems of published custom forms.

--
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

"Candace Reed" wrote in message ...
If I want to use a form (send a message) over and over again that says the
same thing, how do I go about it without cutting and pasting every time?
That's what I thought the forms were for.


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
First of all, you should not be using a published custom form except for
internal messages within an Exchange server environment. It will cause
headaches for non-Outlook recipients.

Second, if you can't add attachments, it's probably because you removed the
message body control. Add it back by dragging the Message field from the
Field Chooser to your form.


"Candace Reed" wrote in message
...
I have designed myself a form for a mail message that I will be using all
the time. I have published it and then realized I needed to add the
attachment feature as this e-mail will always have attachments but it will
not allow me to do so. What am I doing wrong? When you make a personal
forms library form, can you not design it to allow you to add attachments
to
it?

Candace Reed

If I don't use a custom form, how would I make a new mail message that I
want to send to various different places without having to retype it over
and over again?


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
First of all, you should not be using a published custom form except for
internal messages within an Exchange server environment. It will cause
headaches for non-Outlook recipients.

Second, if you can't add attachments, it's probably because you removed the
message body control. Add it back by dragging the Message field from the
Field Chooser to your form.

--
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

"Candace Reed" wrote in message
...
I have designed myself a form for a mail message that I will be using all
the time. I have published it and then realized I needed to add the
attachment feature as this e-mail will always have attachments but it will
not allow me to do so. What am I doing wrong? When you make a personal
forms library form, can you not design it to allow you to add attachments
to
it?

Candace Reed

If I want to use a form (send a message) over and over again that says the
same thing, how do I go about it without cutting and pasting every time?
That's what I thought the forms were for.


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
First of all, you should not be using a published custom form except for
internal messages within an Exchange server environment. It will cause
headaches for non-Outlook recipients.

Second, if you can't add attachments, it's probably because you removed the
message body control. Add it back by dragging the Message field from the
Field Chooser to your form.

--
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

"Candace Reed" wrote in message
...
I have designed myself a form for a mail message that I will be using all
the time. I have published it and then realized I needed to add the
attachment feature as this e-mail will always have attachments but it will
not allow me to do so. What am I doing wrong? When you make a personal
forms library form, can you not design it to allow you to add attachments
to
it?

Candace Reed

I said you should not use a ***published*** custom form. If all you need is a standard message to send frequently, turn off Word as your email editor, create the message, save it as an .oft file. You can then turn WordMail back on. When you want to send a message, just double-click the ..oft file.

--
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

"Candace Reed" wrote in message ...
If I don't use a custom form, how would I make a new mail message that I
want to send to various different places without having to retype it over
and over again?


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
First of all, you should not be using a published custom form except for
internal messages within an Exchange server environment. It will cause
headaches for non-Outlook recipients.

Second, if you can't add attachments, it's probably because you removed the
message body control. Add it back by dragging the Message field from the
Field Chooser to your form.


"Candace Reed" wrote in message
...
I have designed myself a form for a mail message that I will be using all
the time. I have published it and then realized I needed to add the
attachment feature as this e-mail will always have attachments but it will
not allow me to do so. What am I doing wrong? When you make a personal
forms library form, can you not design it to allow you to add attachments
to
it?

Candace Reed

Candace Reed wrote:

If I want to use a form (send a message) over and over again that
says the same thing, how do I go about it without cutting and pasting
every time? That's what I thought the forms were for.

Create the message you want and save it to the Drafts folder. Then when you
want to send it, right-click and choose Forward.
--
Brian Tillman

I did what you said but now I cannot find the *.oft file that I saved. How
do I open that file?

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
I said you should not use a ***published*** custom form. If all you need is
a standard message to send frequently, turn off Word as your email editor,
create the message, save it as an .oft file. You can then turn WordMail back
on. When you want to send a message, just double-click the .oft file.

--
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

"Candace Reed" wrote in message
...
If I don't use a custom form, how would I make a new mail message that I
want to send to various different places without having to retype it over
and over again?


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
First of all, you should not be using a published custom form except for
internal messages within an Exchange server environment. It will cause
headaches for non-Outlook recipients.

Second, if you can't add attachments, it's probably because you removed
the
message body control. Add it back by dragging the Message field from the
Field Chooser to your form.


"Candace Reed" wrote in message
...
I have designed myself a form for a mail message that I will be using all
the time. I have published it and then realized I needed to add the
attachment feature as this e-mail will always have attachments but it
will
not allow me to do so. What am I doing wrong? When you make a personal
forms library form, can you not design it to allow you to add attachments
to
it?

Candace Reed