Change Message Format - Does anyone know how to?
 

Hi
I would be most grateful if someone could help me with a macro for a one
click change to the format of a message.
I can do macros in Word and Excel, but have failed completely with
Outlook because it doesn't allow me to record the steps, and I am at sea with
all the different forms available.

Received messages arrive in all sorts of formats, depending on sender. Some
are readable, some are not. Some have backgrounds, some are plain.
I would like to be able to change them all to my default format.
I would love to create a macro so that, by clicking on a toolbar icon, I can
select the whole of an open, received message (the one that I am currently
reading), and change the font format to plain Times New Roman 12, and remove
any graphics background.
If that needs any dim or let statements, I would be most grateful if someone
could you show me those too!
Many thanks
Mike

Change Message Format - Does anyone know how to?
 

Set Outlook to show all e-mails in plain text and to always use your font
settings. That should do it.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool:
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:54:00 -0700 schrieb xxexbushpig:

Hi
I would be most grateful if someone could help me with a macro for a one
click change to the format of a message.
I can do macros in Word and Excel, but have failed completely with
Outlook because it doesn't allow me to record the steps, and I am at sea
with
all the different forms available.

Received messages arrive in all sorts of formats, depending on sender.
Some
are readable, some are not. Some have backgrounds, some are plain.
I would like to be able to change them all to my default format.
I would love to create a macro so that, by clicking on a toolbar icon, I
can
select the whole of an open, received message (the one that I am currently
reading), and change the font format to plain Times New Roman 12, and
remove
any graphics background.
If that needs any dim or let statements, I would be most grateful if
someone
could you show me those too!
Many thanks
Mike

Change Message Format - Does anyone know how to?
 

Thank you Michael.
Unfortunately, that won't do - sometimes there are graphics and things that
one needs and would loose if all incomings were plain text format.
A macro that I can run at my own option is the only solution.
Many thanks
Mike

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:



Set Outlook to show all e-mails in plain text and to always use your font
settings. That should do it.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool:
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:54:00 -0700 schrieb xxexbushpig:

Hi
I would be most grateful if someone could help me with a macro for a one
click change to the format of a message.
I can do macros in Word and Excel, but have failed completely with
Outlook because it doesn't allow me to record the steps, and I am at sea
with
all the different forms available.

Received messages arrive in all sorts of formats, depending on sender.
Some
are readable, some are not. Some have backgrounds, some are plain.
I would like to be able to change them all to my default format.
I would love to create a macro so that, by clicking on a toolbar icon, I
can
select the whole of an open, received message (the one that I am currently
reading), and change the font format to plain Times New Roman 12, and
remove
any graphics background.
If that needs any dim or let statements, I would be most grateful if
someone
could you show me those too!
Many thanks
Mike

Change Message Format - Does anyone know how to?
 

With plain text you don't *lose* any graphics; graphics are attached to the
e-mail, and they won't be deleted if you change the displaying format - you
just won't see them within the mail body.

If you display all of your e-mails by default in plain text, Outlook
displays a label above the Subject and tells you if it's actually an HTML
message. You can then click on that label to change the format back to HTML
if you want to - and that will show you graphics if there're some.

Anyway, if you want your own solution, it's quite easy if you have Outlook
2003 or 2007: Activeinspector.CurrentItem is the opened item, it has a
BodyFormat property that you can set. Please see the object browser (f2),
select the mentioned items and click f1 for help and code samples.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool:
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:24:02 -0700 schrieb xxexbushpig:

Thank you Michael.
Unfortunately, that won't do - sometimes there are graphics and things
that
one needs and would loose if all incomings were plain text format.
A macro that I can run at my own option is the only solution.
Many thanks
Mike

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:



Set Outlook to show all e-mails in plain text and to always use your font
settings. That should do it.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool:
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:54:00 -0700 schrieb xxexbushpig:

Hi
I would be most grateful if someone could help me with a macro for a one
click change to the format of a message.
I can do macros in Word and Excel, but have failed completely with
Outlook because it doesn't allow me to record the steps, and I am at sea
with
all the different forms available.

Received messages arrive in all sorts of formats, depending on sender.
Some
are readable, some are not. Some have backgrounds, some are plain.
I would like to be able to change them all to my default format.
I would love to create a macro so that, by clicking on a toolbar icon, I
can
select the whole of an open, received message (the one that I am
currently
reading), and change the font format to plain Times New Roman 12, and
remove
any graphics background.
If that needs any dim or let statements, I would be most grateful if
someone
could you show me those too!
Many thanks
Mike