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Leigh Heydon
Hi,
I'm using Outlook 2000 SR-1 under Windows 98, and have just discovered
this group after wanting to tweak Outlook more than I had previously.
Some of the questions below might be covered in the archives, but after
trawling for them for over an hour, I thougt it might be easier just to
get some local knowledge from an MVP and/or a point in the right
direction.
1. Is Ken Slovak's page (www.slovaktech.com) still at that location?
His reminder and other tools sounds absolutely perfect for some of my
requirements. If not, if someone has copies of his programs and they
are still freeware, please let me know.
2. If not, or if his programs do not equate to the following: can I
write a macro so that before I send a message, the 'Flag for Follow-Up'
window automatically pops up, reminding me to flag (or not) each
outgoing message? I have no programming knowledge at all, so might need
some help with this!
3. Can anyone suggest a FREEWARE program for inserting preset phrases
etc into the mail being composed (I can't use AutoText as using Word as
the e-mail editor lods too slowly on my PC)? I've only seen commercial
ones, and have a current workaround where I save them as signatures and
add and rename the drop-drown 'Signature' button to the toolbar. But
this truncates the large list with the 'More..' option, can this be
removed to show the full list?
4. Although Firefox is set as my default browser, hyperlinks in Outlook
still open with Internet Exploder. Can I change this?
5. Although I have seen bulky commercial programs to do this, is there
a free and simple way to group unread messages ABOVE others in the
Inbox (apart from flagging them and sorting by flag, then date etc?). I
suppose I could set a rule to flag all new messages as they arrive. Any
suggestion other than this?
6. As I have no programming language, can anyone guide me though
installing Sue Moshers' zaphtml script?
(http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/zaphtml.htm#imo). She lists some
tools for people who don't want to use scripts to achieve this, but
they all seem to be commercial and/or defunct, or don't do this
automatically for every message (eg: PocketKnife Peek). Actually, I've
just worked out how to add the script to the module, but how do I
"...use the same events as for the CW version above, but modify both
the ItemAdd event handler and the StripHTML code to perform the removal
on the Item that ItemAdd passes, rather than on the selected item"?
7. Is there a way to ALWAYS open certain Personal Folders in a new
window automatically?
8. Is there a way to set the font and/or icon size of the folder list
INDEPENDENTLY from the standard Windows setting (that affects
everything in the OS).
9. I would install SP3, but the mention of the CPU usage bug for IMO
(which I use) makes me wary. Is there a 'fix for this fix'? If not,
should I install SP2? This has mention of limiting usage of some
Outlook features, what exactly are these cons?
10. How do I customise the scripts which check for the word 'attached'
and prompt you when you forget to include an attachement (eg:
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=126), to include the
SUBJECT field in the search as well as the body?
Wow, I had more questions than I though. Anyway, thanks in advance for
any assistance and apologies if these have been answered elsewhere.
Regards,
Leigh Heydon
(e-mail address removed)
I'm using Outlook 2000 SR-1 under Windows 98, and have just discovered
this group after wanting to tweak Outlook more than I had previously.
Some of the questions below might be covered in the archives, but after
trawling for them for over an hour, I thougt it might be easier just to
get some local knowledge from an MVP and/or a point in the right
direction.
1. Is Ken Slovak's page (www.slovaktech.com) still at that location?
His reminder and other tools sounds absolutely perfect for some of my
requirements. If not, if someone has copies of his programs and they
are still freeware, please let me know.
2. If not, or if his programs do not equate to the following: can I
write a macro so that before I send a message, the 'Flag for Follow-Up'
window automatically pops up, reminding me to flag (or not) each
outgoing message? I have no programming knowledge at all, so might need
some help with this!
3. Can anyone suggest a FREEWARE program for inserting preset phrases
etc into the mail being composed (I can't use AutoText as using Word as
the e-mail editor lods too slowly on my PC)? I've only seen commercial
ones, and have a current workaround where I save them as signatures and
add and rename the drop-drown 'Signature' button to the toolbar. But
this truncates the large list with the 'More..' option, can this be
removed to show the full list?
4. Although Firefox is set as my default browser, hyperlinks in Outlook
still open with Internet Exploder. Can I change this?
5. Although I have seen bulky commercial programs to do this, is there
a free and simple way to group unread messages ABOVE others in the
Inbox (apart from flagging them and sorting by flag, then date etc?). I
suppose I could set a rule to flag all new messages as they arrive. Any
suggestion other than this?
6. As I have no programming language, can anyone guide me though
installing Sue Moshers' zaphtml script?
(http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/zaphtml.htm#imo). She lists some
tools for people who don't want to use scripts to achieve this, but
they all seem to be commercial and/or defunct, or don't do this
automatically for every message (eg: PocketKnife Peek). Actually, I've
just worked out how to add the script to the module, but how do I
"...use the same events as for the CW version above, but modify both
the ItemAdd event handler and the StripHTML code to perform the removal
on the Item that ItemAdd passes, rather than on the selected item"?
7. Is there a way to ALWAYS open certain Personal Folders in a new
window automatically?
8. Is there a way to set the font and/or icon size of the folder list
INDEPENDENTLY from the standard Windows setting (that affects
everything in the OS).
9. I would install SP3, but the mention of the CPU usage bug for IMO
(which I use) makes me wary. Is there a 'fix for this fix'? If not,
should I install SP2? This has mention of limiting usage of some
Outlook features, what exactly are these cons?
10. How do I customise the scripts which check for the word 'attached'
and prompt you when you forget to include an attachement (eg:
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=126), to include the
SUBJECT field in the search as well as the body?
Wow, I had more questions than I though. Anyway, thanks in advance for
any assistance and apologies if these have been answered elsewhere.
Regards,
Leigh Heydon
(e-mail address removed)