If a Word item is actually an email item from Outlook then the
ActiveWindow.Envelope.Visible property is True.

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"Armin" wrote in message
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hi,
i'm developing a shared add-in
custom toolbar with buttons for opening and saving emails,doc, ppt files
i have a problem with word
is there a way to know if word has opened a msg file
so i could then save it proper format(msg not doc)

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