Specify Font Name or Face using VBA Macro in Word

[JBark]

Hello - when I use vba to create an Outlook mail item using Word 2003 as the
email editor, can I specify the font to be used in my vba macro code? Right
now it pulls whatever the user has set as the default in Word under Tools >
Options > General > Email Options > Personal Stationary. I tried the code
listed below, but it has no effect. Thanks for any suggestions.

Set oItem = oOutlookApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
With oItem
..To = "(e-mail address removed)"
..Subject = "MySubject"
'Add the document as an attachment, you can use the .displayname property
'to set the description that's used in the message
..Attachments.Add Source:=ActiveDocument.FullName, Type:=olByValue
..Body = ActiveDocument.Content
..Font.Name = "Verdana"
..Send
End With

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

If you use the object browser (F2 in VBA), you'll see that no Outlook
objects have any kind of Font property. You have two choices -- set the
value of the HTMLBody property using fully tagged HTML code (same as in a
web page) or use oItem.GetInspector.WordEditor to return a Word.Document
object and use Word methods to format it. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=31 for more information.

 

[JBark]

Thanks Sue - I will check it out and read up on it!