Outlook 2007 email template

[myronschroner]

Hi,
I am trying to get Outlook 2007 to use a default email template, but I
must be doing something wrong.

Here's a very simple example of the problem: With Outlook closed, I
open the NormalEmail.dotm in the default Templates folder and change
the font for Normal to a different font (something like Courier) and
save it. Then I open Outlook and open a new email message, and the
font isn't Courier.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is not where the NormalEmail.dotm file is for unless you've defined
your own Style. Instead use oft-files or Stationery for this.

 

[myronschroner]

Thanks, Roady.

I have modified the Normal and Heading1-9 formats (and saved them as a
Word template, which worked fine), and I would like that formatting
when I open a new email (however it's done). It's not exactly
defining a _new_ style, but... does it mean I need to edit the
NormalEmail.dotm file or can I still use oft-files or Stationery?

The template directory I'm referring to is AppData\Local\Microsoft
\Templates. Maybe it's still not the right one, I just wanted to
mention it as I saw reference to it in the newsgroup and found a
NormalEmail.dotm file in there. If I do need to edit that template,
is that the wrong directory to use?

Thanks!

Myron

 

[Charles W Davis]

I'm of the opinion that Outlook 2007 does not use Word. It has it's own
minimal formatting program.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes, Outlook 2007 does use a Word .dll - albeit a stripped down version of Word, it is Word at its heart.

--
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After furious head scratching, Charles W Davis asked:

| I'm of the opinion that Outlook 2007 does not use Word. It has it's
| own minimal formatting program.
| || Thanks, Roady.
||
|| I have modified the Normal and Heading1-9 formats (and saved them as
|| a Word template, which worked fine), and I would like that formatting
|| when I open a new email (however it's done). It's not exactly
|| defining a _new_ style, but... does it mean I need to edit the
|| NormalEmail.dotm file or can I still use oft-files or Stationery?
||
|| The template directory I'm referring to is AppData\Local\Microsoft
|| \Templates. Maybe it's still not the right one, I just wanted to
|| mention it as I saw reference to it in the newsgroup and found a
|| NormalEmail.dotm file in there. If I do need to edit that template,
|| is that the wrong directory to use?
||
|| Thanks!
||
|| Myron

 

[Charles W Davis]

Milly,

Am I correct that one does not need Word with a standalone version of
Outlook 2007?

Yes, Outlook 2007 does use a Word .dll - albeit a stripped down version of
Word, it is Word at its heart.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Charles W Davis asked:

| I'm of the opinion that Outlook 2007 does not use Word. It has it's
| own minimal formatting program.
| || Thanks, Roady.
||
|| I have modified the Normal and Heading1-9 formats (and saved them as
|| a Word template, which worked fine), and I would like that formatting
|| when I open a new email (however it's done). It's not exactly
|| defining a _new_ style, but... does it mean I need to edit the
|| NormalEmail.dotm file or can I still use oft-files or Stationery?
||
|| The template directory I'm referring to is AppData\Local\Microsoft
|| \Templates. Maybe it's still not the right one, I just wanted to
|| mention it as I saw reference to it in the newsgroup and found a
|| NormalEmail.dotm file in there. If I do need to edit that template,
|| is that the wrong directory to use?
||
|| Thanks!
||
|| Myron

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Not for email editing, no. You would still need the rest of Office for the automation functions to work, preferably from the same suite. Since Outlook uses a Word .dll, Word is superfluous.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Charles W Davis asked:

| Milly,
|
| Am I correct that one does not need Word with a standalone version of
| Outlook 2007?
|
| | Yes, Outlook 2007 does use a Word .dll - albeit a stripped down
| version of Word, it is Word at its heart.
|
| --
| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|
| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| reading.
|
| After furious head scratching, Charles W Davis asked:
|
|| I'm of the opinion that Outlook 2007 does not use Word. It has it's
|| own minimal formatting program.
|| ||| Thanks, Roady.
|||
||| I have modified the Normal and Heading1-9 formats (and saved them as
||| a Word template, which worked fine), and I would like that
||| formatting when I open a new email (however it's done). It's not
||| exactly defining a _new_ style, but... does it mean I need to edit
||| the NormalEmail.dotm file or can I still use oft-files or
||| Stationery?
|||
||| The template directory I'm referring to is AppData\Local\Microsoft
||| \Templates. Maybe it's still not the right one, I just wanted to
||| mention it as I saw reference to it in the newsgroup and found a
||| NormalEmail.dotm file in there. If I do need to edit that template,
||| is that the wrong directory to use?
|||
||| Thanks!
|||
||| Myron

 

[jjb]

That is not where the NormalEmail.dotm file is for unless you've defined
your own Style. Instead use oft-files or Stationery for this.