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MS Office Forum / Outlook / General MS Outlook Questions / May 2008Email Templates
If I've saved an email as a *.oft file, is there a way to quickly open the file from within Outlook or do I have to find the file using File Explorer and open it like a regular document? In Outlook, the command would be Tools | Forms | Choose Form, but you'll need to browse the User Templates in File System. Not fast at all.  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 > If I've saved an email as a *.oft file, is there a way to quickly open the > file from within Outlook or do I have to find the file using File Explorer > and open it like a regular document? I was afraid of that. I was thinking about doing a html page with the templates as links and then setting that as the homepage on a folder. > In Outlook, the command would be Tools | Forms | Choose Form, but you'll need to browse the User Templates in File System. Not fast at all. > > > If I've saved an email as a *.oft file, is there a way to quickly open the > > file from within Outlook or do I have to find the file using File Explorer > > and open it like a regular document? Maybe a user form that populates by reading the files in the directory? The templates would all be saved in one specific folder. Once selected in the list box, the template opens and the user form closes. > I was afraid of that. I was thinking about doing a html page with the > templates as links and then setting that as the homepage on a folder. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > file from within Outlook or do I have to find the file using File Explorer > > > and open it like a regular document? Workaround: I have created several new folders (I used Windows Explorer to create them, not Outlook) on my hard drive for various categories of *oft files. I moved the *oft files to those folders. Then I went back into Outlook and accessed the Shortcuts pane. I added shortcuts to those new folders. Now when I click one of the shortcuts an instance of Windows Explorer opens with the array of *oft files ready for my selection. Works pretty well. Signature-- www.editorialcalendar.net > If I've saved an email as a *.oft file, is there a way to quickly open the > file from within Outlook or do I have to find the file using File Explorer > and open it like a regular document? I had played with that about a year ago, but something wacky started happening with the shortcuts - basically the links kept getting broken. Might play with it again. > Workaround: I have created several new folders (I used Windows Explorer to > create them, not Outlook) on my hard drive for various categories of *oft [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > file from within Outlook or do I have to find the file using File Explorer > > and open it like a regular document? If you create a new button on the toolbar (using Tools > Customize and then dragging any button to the toolbar), you can then modify it by right clicking (leave the Customize dialog box open). You need to Edit Hyperlink > Open, make sure the "Existing File or Web Page" button is selected and then browse to your *.oft file and click OK. You can also change the button image and give it a text title from the right click options. When you have finished, close the Customize dialog and then when you want to use your *.oft, just click the button. > If I've saved an email as a *.oft file, is there a way to quickly open the > file from within Outlook or do I have to find the file using File Explorer > and open it like a regular document? |
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