Is there anyway to print an email directly from the main Outlook 2007 screen
and have the same Print Dialog facilities available that I have in other
Office components- particularly page range. Does anyone know of any 3rd
party products that address this deficiency.

I know I can open the email in a viewer, then open it in IE and print from
there - but that approach is not fit for purpose, because

I don't know the email subject - often the most important information!!,
I don't know who sent the email,
I don't know the date on which it was sent
I don't know to whom it was copied
I don't know what attachments the email contained

One of the things I print is sales orders, selling agents orders always
extend across 2 pages, the second page is always the same. So I just want
to print the first page. I print the sales orders on letterhead stationery
so it's expensive to print two pages, my printer does not print double
sided. Yes I know I can print just the odd pages - but if an order extends
over 3 pages - I want to print pages 1 & 2 - the odd pages only "solution"
only works for small orders!

I actually find it absolutely amazing that Outlook does not use the standard
Windows Print Dialogs. Sure have a Memo and a List (Table) print, but keep
them separate and make sure they converge on the standard print dialogue to
offer page range, number of copies etc, features - like all the other
software on my system.!!

I left to wonder what happened to the WYSIWG principle.

Outlook 2007 uses the old outlook print dialog. Yes, it sucks. A 3rd party
tool is needed to do what you want. See
http://www.slipstick.com/mail1/print.asp for a list.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com

Outlook Tips by email:


EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:


You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


"Urbane Tiger" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway to print an email directly from the main Outlook 2007
screen and have the same Print Dialog facilities available that I have in
other Office components- particularly page range. Does anyone know of any
3rd party products that address this deficiency.

I know I can open the email in a viewer, then open it in IE and print from
there - but that approach is not fit for purpose, because

I don't know the email subject - often the most important information!!,
I don't know who sent the email,
I don't know the date on which it was sent
I don't know to whom it was copied
I don't know what attachments the email contained

One of the things I print is sales orders, selling agents orders always
extend across 2 pages, the second page is always the same. So I just
want to print the first page. I print the sales orders on letterhead
stationery so it's expensive to print two pages, my printer does not print
double sided. Yes I know I can print just the odd pages - but if an order
extends over 3 pages - I want to print pages 1 & 2 - the odd pages only
"solution" only works for small orders!

I actually find it absolutely amazing that Outlook does not use the
standard Windows Print Dialogs. Sure have a Memo and a List (Table)
print, but keep them separate and make sure they converge on the standard
print dialogue to offer page range, number of copies etc, features - like
all the other software on my system.!!

I left to wonder what happened to the WYSIWG principle.

"Urbane Tiger" wrote in message
...

Is there anyway to print an email directly from the main Outlook 2007
screen and have the same Print Dialog facilities available that I have in
other Office components- particularly page range. Does anyone know of any
3rd party products that address this deficiency.

microsoft.public.outlook.printing is the preferred newsgroup for print
questions.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]