Controlling data fields sent to ON2007 from Outlook?

[Jonathan]

I asked in the OL forum how to control/choose the data sent to ON from
Outlook when clicking the icon in the ribbon (in OL2007). Brian T, one of the
MVPs in that forum suggested that there was no such integration but I hope
someone has found out how to do this. I'd like anything typed into that big
loose Notes pane to come, and might specify others if anyone can tell me how.

 

[Steve Silverwood]

I asked in the OL forum how to control/choose the data sent to ON from
Outlook when clicking the icon in the ribbon (in OL2007). Brian T, one of the
MVPs in that forum suggested that there was no such integration but I hope
someone has found out how to do this. I'd like anything typed into that big
loose Notes pane to come, and might specify others if anyone can tell me how.

So far as I know, there's no provision for selecting specific data
within an Outlook form and sending just that data to OneNote, other
than the old-fashioned copy-and-paste method. The toolbar item to
Send to OneNote just takes the entire item and sends it to OneNote.

//Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Email: (e-mail address removed)
Web: http://kb6ojs.com

 

[Jonathan]

In my system the name and a few contact fields appear in OneNote and then the
word "Notes" to prompt me to enter ideas, whatever, in OneNote. There's lots
of better stuff to come ove.. perhaps in Office 2009? 2010? Anotherway to go
might be a use a Business Contact Managerreport or document generation call
to make a memo which prints immediately to ON.

I am trying to get in the habit of manipulating Outlook through the BCM
interface. I grew so used to the workflow intergration of ACT that I keep
wishing I could get back to that ease of info flow.

Jonathan

 

[Rainald Taesler]

In my system the name and a few contact fields appear in OneNote
and then the word "Notes" to prompt me to enter ideas, whatever, in
OneNote.
There's lots of better stuff to come ove..

There is no way at present and AFAICS it would require quite some work
to write a PowerToy.
But IMHO it's easy enough to open the contact with hyperlink.
What I'm really missing is an automatically set link to the OneNote page
in Outlook contacts. So I am using the workaround to copy a hyperlink
into the "notes" section of an Outlook contact.

perhaps in Office 2009? 2010?

No idea in what might be in the makes. But you may post a suggestion
(pls see below).

Anotherway to go might be a use a Business
Contact Managerreport or document generation call to make a memo
which prints immediately to ON.

Might be way. But I cannot say because I only had a short look at BCM
and never worked with it.

I am trying to get in the habit of manipulating Outlook through the
BCM interface. I grew so used to the workflow intergration of ACT
that I keep wishing I could get back to that ease of info flow.

Understandable. But I doubt that it might be possible to gain that with
the combination if Outlook and OneNote.

Rainald
P.S. You may post your wish as a suggestion for the next version in
"Connect", the place for submitting suggestions and bug reports to the
developers team:
http://connect.microsoft.com/onenote/

When done, pls drop a note with the URL in here so that we can jump in
and vote for your suggestion

 

[peter]

Hi

There is a method I found on the net, for creating Outlook distribution
lists. This enabled the selection of fields added to the list. Perhaps
something like that could help create a "datafile" that you could use with
ON?

I don't know where I found the original article, so perhaps you could do a
search on "creating dist lists"?

 

[Rainald Taesler]

There is a method I found on the net, for creating Outlook
distribution lists. This enabled the selection of fields added to
the list. Perhaps something like that could help create a
"datafile" that you could use with ON?

I'm sorry, but any kind of list can not be used by ON (as is).
It would require programming an add-in/add-on.

Apart from that the term "distribution list" in OL means a list of
addresses for bulk mailing (see Help, F1).

I don't know where I found the original article, so perhaps you
could do a search on "creating dist lists"?

Are *WE* supposed do the homework for you? <bg,d&r>

Rainald