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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / July 2005Shortcut to Individual Contact or Appointment
Does Outlook or Windows XP Pro allow the user to create a Shortcut outside Outlook which would link to an individual person's contact? I use Outlook extensively on all or my projects. I want to be able to include a sub-directory in the main directory for each of my projects and to place in that sub-directory a link or Shortcut to the Outlook Contact for each person associated with that project. For instance, the directory would include a link to the Contact for each client/customer employee involved, for the government clerk involved, for each outside consultant, etc. I know that you can drag/drop an Outlook Contact, but that option only creates an "MSG" file, which contains the Contact information as it exists at that time. The information does not update as the Contact information is updated in Outlook. That type of update is important for my purposes. Yes, you can use the syntax described at http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/links.htm  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Does Outlook or Windows XP Pro allow the user to create a Shortcut outside > Outlook which would link to an individual person's contact? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > that time. The information does not update as the Contact information is > updated in Outlook. That type of update is important for my purposes. I should have provided more information. I am using Outlook 2003, and it would appear that the Slipstick method does not work in that recent version. Anyone else? > Yes, you can use the syntax described at http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/links.htm > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > that time. The information does not update as the Contact information is > > updated in Outlook. That type of update is important for my purposes. It works fine here. Show an example appropriate to your environment. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I should have provided more information. I am using Outlook 2003, and it > would appear that the Slipstick method does not work in that recent version. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> > that time. The information does not update as the Contact information is >> > updated in Outlook. That type of update is important for my purposes. I've been able to get this syntax to work in a Word document, and I've listed all Contacts for a given project in such a document using that syntax, so I've "sort of" accomplished my goal. But I didn't really want to have to open a Word document to get to a Contact. I was actually trying to save the step of opening a program to get access to the info. I wanted a Shortcut in the folder linking directly to a Contact. It seems that you cannot put a hyperlink in the "Location of the Item" blank for a Shortcut, unless I've missed something. Any ideas? > It works fine here. Show an example appropriate to your environment. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >> > that time. The information does not update as the Contact information is > >> > updated in Outlook. That type of update is important for my purposes. That's definitely the hard way. Try this instead: Go to any web site. In IE, choose File | Send | Shortcut to Desktop. Right-click the saved shortcut, choose Properties and replace the http:// shortcut with an outlook: shortcut. Copy and repeat as needed. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > I've been able to get this syntax to work in a Word document, and I've listed > all Contacts for a given project in such a document using that syntax, so [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >> > that time. The information does not update as the Contact information is >> >> > updated in Outlook. That type of update is important for my purposes. THAT'S THE TICKET! I wonder why Windows requires you to do a "work around" by copying a web shortcut, rather than simply allowing you to use a "new shortcut" directly from the Desktop? One of life's great mysteries, I suppose. Thanks again, Lee > That's definitely the hard way. Try this instead: Go to any web site. In IE, choose File | Send | Shortcut to Desktop. Right-click the saved shortcut, choose Properties and replace the http:// shortcut with an outlook: shortcut. Copy and repeat as needed. > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >> >> > that time. The information does not update as the Contact information is > >> >> > updated in Outlook. That type of update is important for my purposes. |
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