I want to set up a field that will show if an e-mail message has been
printed, to be triggered automatically or by entering the data myself. This
is for Outlook Service Pack 3

There is no specific solution for this. You can of course assign it the
category "Printed" after you have printed a message.
You could automate this via VBA if you want to so you would be initiating
the print command and categorize the message via one command.

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"Gillian Pakeman" <Gillian (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I want to set up a field that will show if an e-mail message has been
> printed, to be triggered automatically or by entering the data myself.
> This
> is for Outlook Service Pack 3

While I'd recommend a user property (sorry I'm a DB kinda guy), I'd go with
implementing code that alters the subject heading to add [PRINTED] as the
prefix.

"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote in
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> There is no specific solution for this. You can of course assign it the
> category "Printed" after you have printed a message.
> You could automate this via VBA if you want to so you would be initiating
> the print command and categorize the message via one command.
>
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> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> http://www.msoutlook.info/
> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>
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> "Gillian Pakeman" <Gillian (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:233241D1-FD88-4973-BBF4-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I want to set up a field that will show if an e-mail message has been
>> printed, to be triggered automatically or by entering the data myself.
>> This
>> is for Outlook Service Pack 3
>

David C. Holley wrote:

> Roady wrote ...
>
>> Gillian Pakeman wrote ...
>>>
>>> I want to set up a field that will show if an e-mail message has
>>> been printed, to be triggered automatically or by entering the data
>>> myself.
>>
>> You can of course assign it the category "Printed" after you have
>> printed a message.
>
> While I'd recommend a user property (sorry I'm a DB kinda guy), I'd
> go with implementing code that alters the subject heading to add
> [PRINTED] as the prefix.

Except if the Category attribute is used (i.e., you create a category
and then assign it to an item), you can customize your view(s) to
colorize items in that category. So not only would the OP be able to
assign a category of "Printed" to an item but the OP could also see at
a glance which items had been printed when looking at a list of items
in a folder.