I have defined a template that I want to use for, perhaps,
one quarter of the emails I send out.

When I want to access it, I want to get to it fast, so I customized
the toolbar to have a button which goes to choose templates; however, I
still have to choose the user template directory from the list presented and
then click on the template itself -- several additional steps.

Is there some way of creating a button in Outlook 2000 that brings up that
template directly, eliminating those extra steps?

Thanks.

Grod,

Please try the steps in the following article.

231174 OL2000: How to Open a Form from a Toolbar Button
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231174

If this doesn't work, try publishing the form to your Inbox. Then, all you
have to do is click on the Actions menu and select "New <form name>".

Hope this helps.

--
Greg Mansius [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

"Grod" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have defined a template that I want to use for, perhaps,
> one quarter of the emails I send out.
>
> When I want to access it, I want to get to it fast, so I customized
> the toolbar to have a button which goes to choose templates; however, I
> still have to choose the user template directory from the list presented
and
> then click on the template itself -- several additional steps.
>
> Is there some way of creating a button in Outlook 2000 that brings up that
> template directly, eliminating those extra steps?
>
> Thanks.

you can drop templates in any Outlook folder (hint: create a folder called
templates) - you can also add shortcuts to toolbars in windows or the
outlook bar.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com


"Grod" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have defined a template that I want to use for, perhaps,
> one quarter of the emails I send out.
>
> When I want to access it, I want to get to it fast, so I customized
> the toolbar to have a button which goes to choose templates; however, I
> still have to choose the user template directory from the list presented
> and
> then click on the template itself -- several additional steps.
>
> Is there some way of creating a button in Outlook 2000 that brings up that
> template directly, eliminating those extra steps?
>
> Thanks.

Thanks for the tip. It worked great.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<eaxmVfu$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> you can drop templates in any Outlook folder (hint: create a folder called
> templates) - you can also add shortcuts to toolbars in windows or the
> outlook bar.
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
>
> Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
>
>
> "Grod" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have defined a template that I want to use for, perhaps,
> > one quarter of the emails I send out.
> >
> > When I want to access it, I want to get to it fast, so I customized
> > the toolbar to have a button which goes to choose templates; however, I
> > still have to choose the user template directory from the list presented
> > and
> > then click on the template itself -- several additional steps.
> >
> > Is there some way of creating a button in Outlook 2000 that brings up that
> > template directly, eliminating those extra steps?
> >
> > Thanks.

I have one more question on this. I tried dragging my template to the
Outlook bar (i.e. the vertical strip on the left of the screen in Outlook)
and it worked fine; however, I just decided I wanted to move it to the top
where the toolbars are, instead. When I try moving it there the cursor does
not change as expected to allow me to drop it.

Can that be done?

As before, I am using Outlook 2000.

Thanks.

(E-Mail Removed) (Grod) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Thanks for the tip. It worked great.
>
> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<eaxmVfu$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > you can drop templates in any Outlook folder (hint: create a folder called
> > templates) - you can also add shortcuts to toolbars in windows or the
> > outlook bar.
> >
> > --
> > Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> > Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
> > Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
> >
> > Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> > Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
> >
> >
> > "Grod" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >I have defined a template that I want to use for, perhaps,
> > > one quarter of the emails I send out.
> > >
> > > When I want to access it, I want to get to it fast, so I customized
> > > the toolbar to have a button which goes to choose templates; however, I
> > > still have to choose the user template directory from the list presented
> > > and
> > > then click on the template itself -- several additional steps.
> > >
> > > Is there some way of creating a button in Outlook 2000 that brings up that
> > > template directly, eliminating those extra steps?
> > >
> > > Thanks.