John McTaggart
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57 minutes ago, acantor said:
Hi John,
In Outlook, you have the option to add a "Quick Step" in the "Message" ribbon called "Create a task with attachment." I think this does what you want. When setting up the new Quick Step, you can assign one of nine "Shortcut keys" to activate it: Shift + Ctrl + 1, Shift + Ctrl + 2, etc.
Once you set up the shortcut, you don't really need a macro, as the shortcut key will do it all.
However, if you want to use a different hotkey, create a Macro Express script that is activated by, for example, F10. Have this macro output Shift + Ctrl + number, and you should be good to go!
Thanks! That is very useful.
The one thing I omitted in my original message was that I had already created a macro to have the task automatically assigned to a particular person and wanted to combine that macro with one that included the features described above so that I have a one step button/shortcut to do the above 3 tasks AND automatically assign the task to someone.
Would you know by any chance if there is a VBA command for "Create a task with attachment" ?
Cheers,
John
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2 hours ago, Cory said:
You don't need a macro. Just drag and drop the message onto the Tasks icon in Outlook and it will do what you want.
Thanks Cory. For some reason, when I do so, the attachment(s) are not included in the new task. @acantor was also kind enough to provide a solution though.
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Hello everyone,
I've tried without luck to create a macro that can be used from within an open outlook e-mail message and which will:
1. create a new task item using the e-mail message header as the header for the new task,
2. reproduce the e-mail body in the body of the task and
3. include as an attachment of the task any e-mail attachment that was in the e-mail.
Would anyone have such a macro (or similar) or point me to somewhere where it can be obtained?
Thanks,
John
Macro to create a new Outlook task that includes e-mail content and attachments
in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
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I've actually figured it out on my own (BTW there is no VBA command for "Create a task with attachment" so I had to code it myself)