Macro to View Attachments

[Lauri]

My boss receives several e-mails a day with text attachments.
He would like a macro (keyboard combination) that would do the same thing as
Right click message in inbox
Choose View Attachments
Choose the attachment name

Any suggestions on writing something like this?

Any ideas are appreciated.

 

[Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]]

Macros in Outlook cannot be assigned to keyboard shortcuts like they can in
other Office applications. Macros can be assigned to a custom toolbar
button, and the toolbar button caption can include the '&' character
preceding a letter to make it accessible using the ALT key.

What your boss wants to do is incredibly simple and doesn't require a macro
anyway. Just tell him to double-click the attachment in the message header.

 

[Lauri]

He doesn't want to open the message. He wants to view the attachment from
the inbox. He's trying to save steps.

-Lauri

 

[Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]]

If he uses the preview pane, the message header will be displayed. The
attachments are visible from there.

Eric