-> O2007: Direct access to templates??? <-

[Steve JORDI]

Hi,
when I send professional emails I want to use my business template.
But boy if this is again non intuitive.
Isn't there a way to tell Outlook 2007 to create a new message
directly using my template?

If each time I create a message I have to go to:
1. Tools
2. Forms
3. Choose Forms...
4. Select User Templates in File Sytem
5. Open
I think it's just considering us idiots.

I added a Choose Form button to my toolbar, but come on, selecting
an item in a drop down, then a model, then Open each time, it's not
serious.

Any professional way to do this?
One or two clicks maximum??? Like in any basic sharewares?
(At least sharewares call templates... "templates", not "form").

Thanks for any help.


Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

As long as the "template" contains just boilerplate text and not any custom
UI or fields (which don't belong in professional emails going outside your
organization), you should be able to just double-click the stored .oft file.

 

[Steve JORDI]

As long as the "template" contains just boilerplate text and not any custom
UI or fields (which don't belong in professional emails going outside your
organization), you should be able to just double-click the stored .oft file.

It conatins some HTML.
But double clicking the file means working from outside Outlook.
No way to go File->New from Template or something like that?


Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Not without writing code for a VBA macro for each file, e.g.:

Set itm = Application.CreateItemFromTemplate("C:\mytemplate.oft")
itm.Display
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[Steve JORDI]

Not without writing code for a VBA macro for each file, e.g.:

Set itm = Application.CreateItemFromTemplate("C:\mytemplate.oft")
itm.Display

Wow, amazing.
Basic feature. Not there...

Thanks anyway.

Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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