Hello, Russ, didn't mean to slander the MVP's. If I waded through all the
garbage you guys do, I'd probably feel the same way. Be assured that we
admire all of you for continuing to help others! It's just that I've
sometimes felt unfairly reprimanded by some of the MVP's, which isn't wrong,
per se, but then they don't even offer the courtesy of a helpful suggestion.
In this case, I felt that Erica, perhaps a very new member, deserved a
helpful reply to at least one of her posts on the subject, not to mention
the prospect of a positive experience on her return.
Thanks, keep us the good work.
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Answer a few thousand posts that do not contain sufficient information for
an accurate answer.
I'll be interested to see how critical of MVP's you are after you do.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Blue Max said:
Hello Erica,
I noticed that an MVP responded, but failed to give you any thoughts on
the problem you were having. Unfortunately, many are quick to reprimand
a novice poster for a meanial departure from protocol, but slow to give
any constructive help. Here are a few thoughts:
FIRST, regarding the reprimand from the MVP on multi-posting. They are
usually referring to individuals who separately post the same question in
multiple communities or forums. Another way to accomplish the same thing
is to place the separate addresses of multiple forums in the 'Newsgroup'
field for the message, much like placing multiple e-mail addresses in the
"To:" line of an email. This way the message thread will be visible in
multiple communities or forums, but requires only one posting.
SECOND, if you are using Windows Vista, you might be able to use 'Windows
Fax and Scan' as a work-around. Fax and Scan can be set to access
Outlook 2007 contacts. This way you can create the fax and directly
access your Outlook contacts from the "To:" field of the fax. The fax
can include a cover page, scanned documents, scanned images, or documents
and images from other applications. I am not sure about the option you
mentioned "to create a new letter to contact," because I do not have that
option. However, in most cases, once you create any letter or document,
you can also print it to the Microsoft Vista "Fax" printer and that will
create a new fax. At that point you can add a recipient from within the
fax 'Send' dialog which displays your Outlook contacts.
THIRD, you might be able to create your own custom form to accomplish
this task. However, that is beyond my expertise. Nevertheless, there is
a community on designing Outlook forms that might be of assistance here.
Your question is a reasonable question. I hope the MVP's provided some
basic help on your other post, if not, then that represents a sorry
propensity to criticize versus help. Either way, this was a good request
and it would have been helpful had Microsoft included a form for directly
faxing out of Outlook. Many of us could have used such a feature.
Good Luck!
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in messageIn Outlook contacts, the Tools menu gives you the option to create a new
letter to a contact.
Is there a way that I can add the option to create a new fax coversheet
to a
contact? Which of course would include the fax number (as well as the
name,
company, and phone number of the individual being faxed).
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