Easy Question: How to Begin Creating Forms

[JOHN MCCARTHY]

In outlook 97/98 creating forms was easy. With 2003 I just want to create a
simple form that is emailed when complete. Users would simply hit send, the
To: block will have a predefined receipent. Can anyone tell me how I create
forms in Outlook 2003, do I doownload a outlook software package and if so
where can I find it?

In 97/98 one would just typically create by slecting File, New Form,
Compose. Modify form in design few and publish. I don't see anything like
this in 2003.

Thanks
John

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

A good place to start is with the Tools | Forms | Design a Form command. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm

 

[JOHN MCCARTHY]

Sue,

That worked thanks. One more question. When I create the new form from a
template "Message" only the text typed in the message is sent and not any of
the drop downs I've created. Any clue why drop down values are not sent?

Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Did you bind your controls to Outlook fields so Outlook has a place to store the data? Did you edit the separate read layout?

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