word form

[Pammy]

I have created a word template and saved it as a form in outlook. The default
mail format is checked with using word. When I select the form, which is
added to my toolbar, it opens up as a word mail message and the form
displays and then I select who I want to send it to and then send. Problem
is when the person receives the mail and adds their information to the form,
then sends it back there is nothing there. I don't know what I have done. I
do not want to send as an attachment. Any ideas? Thanks,

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Word forms don't work as email messages. If the intended recipients are internal to your organization and your organization uses Exchange as its mail server, you can consider designing a custom Outlook form. Otherwise, send the Word document as an attachment.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Hollis Paul [MVP - Outlook]]

I don't know what I have done. I
do not want to send as an attachment. Any ideas? Thanks,

For starters, copy your form from the word document and paste it into a
new Outlook message. Then choose Tools -> Forms -> Publish As and
publish it to the Exchange Organizational Forms Library. Then, request
a new item of that form name and send that. See what happens. I
expect it will not work, but it is a place to start fixing it. If it
has code behind it, you may want to re-write it using the Outlook
Object Model.

I do not expect that it will work as desired, but it is a new starting
point. Otherwise, you will have to ask in the Word groups what you
should be doing with your Word Objects.

A word to the wise: when you publish it in the ORG Forms Library, use
a name like MyForm_VerNNN. That way you will avoid forms cache
problems. Keep at least 3 generations of the form design, and publish
in short steps. You never know when something you do one-offs the form
and you have to go back to an earlier version.

Also, go to www.outlookcode.com and search for default form. That will
get you a result about resetting the default form for a folder and give
other info you will want later. While there, you might search for
other things closer to your specific task.