Copy header info WITH incoming message?

[Joe Smyth]

How can I copy (for pasting into my word processing files) the header info (to, from, cc, date) WITH the incoming email message? I use Outlook 2003. (Must the header info be in a separate display from the message itself, making it impossible to copy both with ONE swipe?)

 

[SgtRich]

How can I copy (for pasting into my word processing files) the header info (to, from, cc, date) WITH the incoming email message? I use Outlook 2003. (Must the header info be in a separate display from the message itself, making it impossible to copy both with ONE swipe?)

With the message open (not in reading pane), click the View menu, Options...
Then select all of the header info, right click & click copy. Close that
dialog box and choose to edit the original message (I put that option on my
toolbar). Right click again and paste the header at the top of the message.

It sounds a lot more complicated/time consuming than it really is.
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<<<SgtRich>>>

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[Joe]

Thanks, SgtRich. The problem is that I copy many dozens of emails daily into my word processing files. I'm hoping there's some way to change the setup so the header and message will be in the same "frame" for one-swipe copying.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm hoping there's some way to
change the setup so the header and message will be in the same
"frame" for one-swipe copying.

Alas, your hope is in vain. There is no such option.

 

[Joe]

Outlook must be like AOL 9.0 --- no way to reconfigure the incoming message format to put the header info in the same display as the message itself. Therefore, no way to copy both with ONE swipe. (I must be the only nut who wants to retain emails in word processing files! I’ve been doing it this way for over 10 years, virtually eliminating 99% of the need for paper files. I can’t imagine what everybody else does!) Anyway, thanks for your help....I really appreciate it even though there's apparently no practical way for me to use Outlook for email. Guess I'll have to stay with AOL 8.0 until they stop supporting it. :-(

 

[Brian Tillman]

(I must be the only nut who wants to retain emails in word processing
files! I’ve been doing it this way for over 10 years, virtually
eliminating 99% of the need for paper files. I can’t imagine what
everybody else does!)

We leave them in our mail program so that we can see them As God Intended!
(smile).

 

[Brian Tillman]

Outlook must be like AOL 9.0 --- no way to reconfigure the incoming
message format to put the header info in the same display as the
message itself.

Why not use Outlook Express, then. In actuality, Outlook Express des a
better job at IMAP anyway, and you can get the headers and body of the
message, just as your mail transport fetched it, in a single window.

One doesn't usually use a hammer to drive screws. If the tool you have
doesn't do the job you want, use another tool, don't change jobs.

 

[Joe Smyth]

Just FYI for another interested in this issue, another solution is to hit "forward". Then, both the header and messsage can be copied in one swipe. It's a couple of unnecessary clicks, but provides a temporary solution until Outlook allows us to choose our preferred format for incoming emails.