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Outlook tasks re: Word

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JP - 24 Jan 2004 22:50 GMT
I work in an office where I am constantly faxing requests
for additional information.  I've created 'form letters'
for this purpose.  I must ensure my requests are responded
to, so I keep a diary.  The sheer amount of requests sent
makes using a paper diary unrealistic, so I enter tasks
with due dates into Outlook to remind me to look for
responses to my queries.  I'm curious if it's possible to
export certain data in a Word document to an Outlook task
automatically.  If I can avoid manually typing up a
separate task for each request I send, I would save myself
a lot of time.  Can this be done with macros or
something?  I'm just looking to pull a small amount of
info from a single line of my form letter and insert it
into the task's title, and setting a due date 30 days in
the future.  It's simple enough to type it in, but if I
could just hit Ctrl-P and be done, I'd be a happy Man.
Sue Mosher [MVP] - 24 Jan 2004 23:18 GMT
Yes, this can be done with a Word macro that creates an Outlook task. See
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/vb.htm#tutorials for basics on programming
Outlook with VBA.
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> I work in an office where I am constantly faxing requests
> for additional information.  I've created 'form letters'
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> the future.  It's simple enough to type it in, but if I
> could just hit Ctrl-P and be done, I'd be a happy Man.
JP - 25 Jan 2004 00:18 GMT
Thank you very much, tons of information!  I'm trying to
use your code from the "Taking Outlook to Task" article.  
Problem is, when I attempt to run the macro I receive the
compile error: User-defined type not defined.  I realize I
shouldn't be asking you for support on a subject that must
be so mundane for you (given your obvious abilities), but
do you have any idea what I might be doing wrong?  The
debugger highlights "objTask As TaskItem".  Using the help
function tells me the keyword was not found...does this
macro need to be run from within Outlook?  If so, how can
it be edited to run in Word?

Thanks for your time.

>-----Original Message-----
>Yes, this can be done with a Word macro that creates an Outlook task. See
>http://www.slipstick.com/dev/vb.htm#tutorials for basics on programming
>Outlook with VBA.
Sue Mosher [MVP] - 25 Jan 2004 02:40 GMT
This sounds like you haven't added a reference to the Microsoft Outlook
library to your project references. Use Tools | References.
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> Thank you very much, tons of information!  I'm trying to
> use your code from the "Taking Outlook to Task" article.
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> >Outlook with VBA.
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