I really don't know. I just tried it with several different HTML messages
and all of them brought either the text of the message into the task's notes
field, or the HTML code if the original message was a complex HTML page.
Also, I did a clean install of Outlook 2003 rather than an upgrade from a
previous version, so that may have something to do with it working for me
and not for you.
You could try the usual remedies, such as Detect and Repair and the Inbox
Repair Tool, and see if they help. You can also try searching Google Groups
to see if anyone else has reported this problem, and whether or not they got
answers. Good luck.
--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook
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In news:065301c3c358$fc7e4d60$(E-Mail Removed),
Bruce Fisher wrote:
> When viewing the inbox with the messages, I drag a
> message from the message list to the task button on the
> outlook shortcut bar, a task is popped up with the
> contents of the email (supposedly) but all that is in the
> popped up task is who the email is from, to, date, &
> subject. Another thing I have discovered is that it is
> inconsistant, it still always works with Plain text (I
> get the entire contents in the task) but SOMETIMES
> doesn't work with HTML messages. The only sure thing is
> the HTML messages it doesn't work with don't ever work
> and the HTML messages it does work with always work, in
> other words, when a message doesn't work, it doesn't
> work, no matter how many restarts, reboots I try. These
> messages that don't work are coming from different
> people. Could there be a coding problem somewhere in the
> HTML of the message? If so, it didn't seem to bother the
> prior version of Outlook.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> That's odd...it works for me in Outlook 2003, even with HTML
>> messages. Please list the exact sequence of steps you used (even if
>> it should seem obvious from your previous reply...I just want to
>> make sure we're on the same wavelength).
>>
>> --
>> Jocelyn Fiorello
>> MVP - Outlook
>>
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>> reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***
>>
>>
>> In news:015d01c3bf3b$a81a7df0$(E-Mail Removed),
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the suggestion. After further research it
>>> seems to only work with "plain text" messages. It
>>> doesn't work with HTML even when using the right click
>>> method you describe.
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> Try right-clicking the message to drag it to the Tasks
>>>> folder...you'll get a list of options for creating the task based
>>>> on the message.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jocelyn Fiorello
>>>> MVP - Outlook
>>>>
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>>>> please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread.
>>>> ***
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In news:0ea701c3be6c$35fc04c0$(E-Mail Removed),
>>>> Bruce Fisher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just upgraded to Outlook 2003 from Outlook XP. In all
>>>>> prior versions of outlook, I was able to drag an email to
>>>>> the task button on the shortcut bar and a task was
>>>>> automatically created with the text of the email in the
>>>>> description of the task.
>>>>>
>>>>> In Outlook 2003 it doesn't copy the text of the entire
>>>>> email into the description of the task, it only copies
>>>>> the header information from the email. Does anyone know
>>>>> how to fix this or is this just an undiscovered bug in a
>>>>> new version?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>
>>
>> .
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