Can shortcuts be assigned to menus/buttons (like Word)

[Herb Martin]

Can shortcuts be assigned to menus/buttons in Outlook the way
they can in Word, etc. ?

Or in another but manner that gives similar results?

I just want to assign keys to things I do frequently and
have on the toolbars as custom items.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No. The closest you can come is to edit the toolbar button text to change
the Alt+ accelerator key.

 

[Herb Martin]

No. The closest you can come is to edit the toolbar button text to change
the Alt+ accelerator key.

So if I just go in and edit the Toolbar using the Alt-Accelerator key
syntax that just works?

Presumably I must pick some key that is not already in use...

Thanks.

Gosh, that seems a strange restriction -- I guess it reflects the
different lineages of the Office programs.

BTW:
Where's the best place to report a likely bug/security breach
in Outlook?

--
Herb Martin

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

So if I just go in and edit the Toolbar using the Alt-Accelerator key

syntax that just works?

Presumably I must pick some key that is not already in use...

Exactly. Put & in front of the character you want to use.

Gosh, that seems a strange restriction -- I guess it reflects the
different lineages of the Office programs.

Not strange at all. Ever looked at the customization options in FrontPage,
OneNote, etc?

BTW:
Where's the best place to report a likely bug/security breach
in Outlook?

Post about it here first. If you have a retail version of Office, you may
want initiate a support incident with Microsoft at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;incidentsubmit. You
will need a .Net Passport, but there should be no charge for filing the
request.

 

[Herb Martin]

Where's the best place to report a likely bug/security breach

Post about it here first. If you have a retail version of Office, you may
want initiate a support incident with Microsoft at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;incidentsubmit. You
will need a .Net Passport, but there should be no charge for filing the
request.

No, I don't want to report an incident -- not that personally interested
but I am pretty sure that I found a bug/security issue in Outlook.

Even though Outlook was set to AVOID downloading pictures in
HTML emails it did so (a rather disgusting one was the reason it
was brought to my attention.)

Looking at the HTML Source reveals the likely way that it was
crafted to pass the "download pictures rule."

( I can post that here, but although it must be known to some
of the evil one's and fellow travelers, there seems little reason
to broadcast the source that does this.)

I supposed I could also give it to the NTBugtrack folks and let
them investigate/prove it.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Reporting an incident is an excellent way to get it to the right people at
Microsoft. Also note that the picture feature blocks only external pictures
in messages that are not from people in your safe senders list and are not
from domains in the Trusted Sites list.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Herb Martin]

Reporting an incident is an excellent way to get it to the right people at
Microsoft. Also note that the picture feature blocks only external pictures
in messages that are not from people in your safe senders list and are not
from domains in the Trusted Sites list.

It was an external picture, the site was not in Trusted sites
nor a safe sender.

It is an HTML code trick.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

File an incident report. Or send me a message with such an exploit to
[email protected] . Put Outlook somewhere in the body and subject.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers