ReplyAll | |
ReplyAll alerts you before unintentionally replying all, or if you are a confidential BCC recipient of the e-mail. |
Up to Outlook 2003 the CDO 1.21 library offered features you couldn't find in the Outlook object model.
Last modified: 2006/01/20
This sample creates a user defined property and adds the return path so you can see its value for each email in the folder list view.
Last modified: 2009/07/18
This macro adds the birthdays of your contacts to the calendar.
Last modified: 2018/01/22
This macro is useful if you want to add a new note, for instance, to a contact or task.
Last modified: 2019/06/13
See how to build your own auto archiving for Outlook folders.
Last modified: 2007/02/07
Tell Outlook to use your custom form instead of the default form to display an item.
Last modified: 2009/09/23
Check message properties before sending. This sample prompts you if you try to send an email without an assigned category.
Last modified: 2007/04/24
For users of smartphones, for instance, that don't support categories see how to categorize every new appointment.
Last modified: 2009/09/23
This macro makes it easy to add, for instance, travel times for an appointment to the calendar.
Last modified: 2014/01/09
In this sample we change the company name for multiple contacts at once.
Last modified: 2016/12/06
In this sample we move the due date for several task items at one go.
Last modified: 2013/07/23
In this sample we change the priority for multiple task items at once.
Last modified: 2008/01/15
Do you want to change the view font of the current folder? This example works for Outlook 2007 and up.
Last modified: 2012/02/22
Get a prompt if the size of an email exceeds a certain limit.
Last modified: 2006/01/18
For Outlook XP and 2003 appointments could be labeled - but not via the Outlook object model. See how to set a color label by code.
Last modified: 2007/05/02
Right click an appointment in your calendar, and send a confirmation to its linked contacts.
Last modified: 2010/08/24
Never again accidentally drag an apppointment to another day, or time by using this macro.
Last modified: 2014/10/02
ReplyAll | |
ReplyAll alerts you before unintentionally replying all, or if you are a confidential BCC recipient of the e-mail. |
This sample copies Outlook folders without their contents.
Last modified: 2017/12/17
With VBA you can copy the view settings for one folder to another folder.
Last modified: 2006/05/05
This VBA sample copies multi-line text, for instance the mailing address from an email signature, as a single line into the clipboard.
Last modified: 2015/08/14
A sample for how to create a your own toolbar in Outlook 2007 (or earlier) with command buttons.
Last modified: 2006/01/20
This macro makes it easy to create repeating journal items, for instance, when you often work on the same project.
Last modified: 2007/04/03
The SafeMailItem of the Redemption library allows you to access properties of an email that are blocked by Outlook's security.
Last modified: 2006/05/21
This sample creates a serial number, which you could use, for instance, to index task items.
Last modified: 2006/01/20
For a project based filing system you often have to create the same subfolders for every new project folder. You can create any number of subfolders at once with a macro.
Last modified: 2015/05/06
This simple pattern demonstrates how to automatically create a new task as soon as the previous one is flagged as complete.
Last modified: 2016/11/26
This sample adds every outgoing call to the journal.
Last modified: 2007/11/22
Categories are very good for managing your contacts. However, in some cases it might also be good to have the contacts of a given category in a mailing list, which can can used quickly as recipients for an email.
Last modified: 2015/03/12
Nested distlists allow to combine groups of contacts to another group.
Last modified: 2008/01/08
The script completely removes the flag once the item is completed.
Last modified: 2007/03/15
Remove the attachments of several selected emails in one go.
Last modified: 2012/08/08
By clicking on Reply you can automatically delete the original email.
Last modified: 2006/09/26
See how to open the next email and delete the one you've just read.
Last modified: 2007/01/08
Are you bothered if every incoming meeting request has a reminder set? This sample deletes the reminder as soon as the request comes in.
Last modified: 2007/08/17
Get some samples for how to save a sent message in another folder than the default Sent Items folder.
Last modified: 2017/10/27
Since Word's object model is available in Outlook you can set the cursor to a certain position in a message.
Last modified: 2011/03/24
SAM | |
Determine the "identity" of your emails. Set with SAM the sender and the folder folder for sent items with the help of rules. |
Since Outlook 2007 you can't directly display the categorizer for outgoing e-mails. This sample demonstrates how to display the dialog by code, which works even for IMAP messages.
Last modified: 2008/10/13
You can see in the inbox whether or not an email has attachments. However, you cannot see the amount of attachments. This macro adds that information to every incoming email.
Last modified: 2015/06/06
This sample opens the options dialog before sending an email so you can change some settings, for instance, delay the sending.
Last modified: 2006/01/19
Often the display name of an email recipient changes, making it impossible to sort these emails. This macro creates a new field with the pure email address.
Last modified: 2018/02/03
This macro enables you to get the sender's address even in older versions of Outlook.
Last modified: 2006/05/05
This macro allows you to determine the format (plain, html, rtf) to be used for sending emails for each of the three email addresses of a contact.
Last modified: 2006/09/11
This macro removes some addresses from an email before it leaves your outbox.
Last modified: 2010/02/20
These vba macros show how to embed a picture in an email so the receiver can see it instead of the dreaded
Last modified: 2015/08/24
Often certain actions should take place as soon as one task is done. This sample demonstrates the general approach.
Last modified: 2007/04/13
Do you sometimes miss a new email because it's automatically moved to a closed subfolder? This macro expands the subfolder so you can see at a glance whether is has new items.
Last modified: 2013/05/23
These samples export the sender addresses or the recipient addresses of selected emails.
Last modified: 2017/04/28
Don't remember where to find a given folder? With this script you can find the folder by its name.
Last modified: 2016/09/09
This demonstrates how to get a window handle by the Win32 API.
Last modified: 2006/02/05
This sample finds an address in the list of recipients and then moves the email.
Last modified: 2009/11/23
Use VBA to search for all emails of the same topic.
Last modified: 2017/01/26
ReplyAll | |
ReplyAll alerts you before unintentionally replying all, or if you are a confidential BCC recipient of the e-mail. |
This demonstrates how to flag emails for follow-up.
Last modified: 2018/05/07
A sample for how to consistently format the phone numbers of your contacts.
Last modified: 2013/12/24
A VBA macro that tells you which of all the available email accounts is the default one.
Last modified: 2006/11/09
Where is the message stored you're looking at? This macro tells you and can even open the folder for you.
Last modified: 2008/06/08
This macro tells you which Outlook version is running.
Last modified: 2014/01/01
This macro tells you by which of your accounts a certain message was received.
Last modified: 2006/05/17
Do you want to add some convenience for your users? See how to fill-in the search box of the address book by code.
Last modified: 2018/11/20
Control by code which of the commandbars should be visible at startup.
Last modified: 2009/08/15
The sample gets you the number of appointments or meetings of a given day.
Last modified: 2006/01/20
A sample for how to paste a table from Excel and retaining its formattings.
Last modified: 2007/01/29
Use an inspector wrapper if you need to subscribe to the events of multiple open messages.
Last modified: 2007/04/04
This sample demonstrates how to look up a contact you have a meeting with, and display its mailing address with the appointment item.
Last modified: 2015/09/07
This sample demonstrates how to look up the sender of an email and display its contact data in the inbox.
Last modified: 2015/03/30
There could be a limit of how many items you can access in a single loop. See how to handle that situation.
Last modified: 2006/12/02
This sample explains the Links property, which is used to join any item (task item, contact item, etc.) with other items.
Last modified: 2014/02/26
These samples demonstrate the basics for a recursive loop through folders and their subfolders.
Last modified: 2015/03/28
This macro prevents users from working in another program while your program is waiting for an input.
Last modified: 2006/02/05
See how to display automatically the name of an attachment as the subject of the message.
Last modified: 2016/11/25
Reporter | |
VBOffice Reporter is an easy to use tool for data analysis and reporting in Outlook. A single click, for instance, allows you to see the number of hours planned for meetings the next month. |
This sample demonstrates how to mark an e-mail as read as soon is it's being copied or moved to a folder.
Last modified: 2008/09/15
This macro allows to add several messages at once to the blocked senders list.
Last modified: 2013/12/06
This sample shows how to merge any emails to the same conversation.
Last modified: 2016/10/27
This sample demonstrates how to move an item automatically to a subfolder of the inbox as soon as you flag it as completed.
Last modified: 2006/01/18
This sample automatically moves empty emails to the junk folder.
Last modified: 2017/06/23
Some emal properties cannot yet be changed in the Newinspector event. See how to handle that situation.
Last modified: 2007/03/20
A sample for how to read and write the content of any file.
Last modified: 2006/01/20
With a button for your templates you can open them with less clicks.
Last modified: 2010/10/13
Open frequently used files with a single click directly from Outlook.
Last modified: 2015/08/01
Do you know the problem that an email doesn't leave the outbox? This macro addresses one of the reasons.
Last modified: 2015/09/21
In Excel there's a function to stop the code execution for a determined time, which is missing in Outlook. See how to use the Sleep function of the Win32 API.
Last modified: 2007/07/20
Via the Outlook object model you cannot set the focus to a specific control. This sample demonstrates how to do it with the Win32 API.
Last modified: 2006/01/30
See how to print automatically the attachments you receive. A second sample shows how to print the attachments of all selected emails.
Last modified: 2017/09/11
See how to create a list of the auto-archive settings for all your Outlook folders and subfolders.
Last modified: 2016/12/21
This example demonstrates how to print just certain pages instead of the entire e-mail.
Last modified: 2015/10/12
Another sample for how to check for certain properties before sending an email.
Last modified: 2008/06/19
See how to really delete IMAP messages with a single click.
Last modified: 2008/02/19
ReplyAll | |
ReplyAll alerts you before unintentionally replying all, or if you are a confidential BCC recipient of the e-mail. |
Outlook 2013 adds automatically brackets around the area code. This script deletes the brackets.
Last modified: 2015/03/10
This script clears the subject of an email and removes any phrase you want.
Last modified: 2015/02/13
Two examples for how to remove troublesome quotation marks or an apostrophe from an email address.
Last modified: 2016/01/05
This sample explains the basics for replying with a template.
Last modified: 2006/01/19
See how to request a read receipt based on the recipient of the message.
Last modified: 2020/05/13
If you create a rule to move a new email automatically to another folder, the rules wizzard ignores upper/lower cases. This script doesn't ignore the subtle distinction.
Last modified: 2015/03/14
Rules can be run manually, however, that requires lots of clicks. Use this script to run all rules with your preferred settings.
Last modified: 2015/05/07
This explains the basics for writing macros that can be run by a rule.
Last modified: 2006/12/11
The sample saves incoming emails as *.msg files to the file system.
Last modified: 2006/01/19
This sample saves the attachments of all selected emails to the file system.
Last modified: 2012/07/29
Outlook can run a rule if you are the only recipient of an email. This macro runs a rule if you are the only recipient in the To field, no matter how many other addresses there is in the CC field.
Last modified: 2015/07/24
Avoid security alerts when accessing blocked properties or sending an email.
Last modified: 2007/12/18
With this little trick you can send emails via Outlook from, for instance, Excel without raising the security prompt in Outlook.
Last modified: 2007/12/19
This example sends a copy of each outgoing email to another address. The address is added as BCC so the recipient doesn't see that.
Last modified: 2009/11/17
See how to send a document from within Word without blocking the Outlook window.
Last modified: 2014/10/14
See how to send all files of a folder as email attachments to a predetermined recipient.
Last modified: 2015/05/11
This sends not the draft itself but a the copy of it so you can reuse the draft.
Last modified: 2017/02/25
Send particular emails without saving a copy in your Sent Items folder.
Last modified: 2006/12/06
See how to defer the delivery of your emails. Instead of sending immediately, you could send your emails, for instance, in the evening at six o'clock.
Last modified: 2016/12/01
OLKeeper | |
OLKeeper reliably prevents users from closing their Outlook window and thus possibly missing reminders or e-mails. |
Get a notification by email as soon as someone adds an appointment to your calendar.
Last modified: 2006/11/10
Set the expiry date with a single click for those emails you want to keep for just a certain time.
Last modified: 2007/09/21
This script reveals how many member a given distribution list has.
Last modified: 2006/12/03
This script creates a birthday list correctly sorted by day and month, and ignoring the year of birth.
Last modified: 2013/02/01
This macro supports an advanced suggestion of email addresses. Find addresses not only by the first letters, but also by the domain, for instance.
Last modified: 2015/06/11
Categories qualify very well for triggering certain actions. See how to build your own Quick Steps.
Last modified: 2016/11/02
Outlook doesn't have a macro recorder, however, you can use many of the macros recorded in Word in Outlook, too.
Last modified: 2012/09/06