How to use contact/actions/ new message with *.oft template?

[Guest]

I have set up an email template *.oft. Now I want to use the template for
specific contacts without having to enter the email address manually. When I
go to contacts, specific contact, actions, new message to contact. a blank
email is available. Then I click tools, forms, choose form, user templates
in file system and then open my template a NEW email is created and the to
field is blank. How can I keep my "to" field filled with the contact's email
address and still use the template?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You would could write VBA macro to (a) create a new item from the template and (b) add the contact's email address.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

You would could write VBA macro to (a) create a new item from the template and (b) add the contact's email address.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers




Sorry, but I do not know what a VBA is! also, part b of your answer indicates to me that I still have to enter the contact email address. All I want to do is click on new message to contact in the contacts list and then fill in the text with the template. What am I missing in your answer?

 

[Guest]

Sue's answer was that you would have to write a short program in VBA (Visual
Basic for Applications) code that, when you ran it, would open your .OFT
template and then enter the e-mail address of your selected contact in the To
box of the new message form created by the template.

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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Thanks, Jocelyn. In other words, the program would do the job of entering the email address. If you're new to Outlook VBA macros, these web pages should help you get started:

http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21522&pg=1
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/vb.htm


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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers