Hello,

I would like to create a macro, which assigns a specified category to
a new email being composed. To be more specific, on executing this
macro while editing new email, a 'Categories' window would pop up
(which is also selected from 'Options - Categories') where it is
possible to select a category for the new email.

Thanks for your help.
rgds.

So how would executing that macro be different from pressing the Categories
button?
If you want to automate assigning categories to outgoing emails, you can
also create a message rule.

Alternatively, this addin might be interesting to you;
http://addins.howto-outlook.com/vbof...ategorymanager

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Hello,

I would like to create a macro, which assigns a specified category to
a new email being composed. To be more specific, on executing this
macro while editing new email, a 'Categories' window would pop up
(which is also selected from 'Options - Categories') where it is
possible to select a category for the new email.

Thanks for your help.
rgds.

I need some quick way to assign category to a new email. What would be
the macro to bring up the categories window?

Why does this have to be a macro?
Press the Categorize button or use the keyboard shortcut for your localized
version of Outlook.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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I need some quick way to assign category to a new email. What would be
the macro to bring up the categories window?

What do you mean by press the Categorize button? I don't see a catorgorize
button on the outgoing message form. I can put the OPtions button on the
toolbar, but it takes too many mouse clicks to finally get the category
assigned. A macro would be nice because it would be a reminder everytime a
message is sent to assign it to a cateory.

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

Why does this have to be a macro?
Press the Categorize button or use the keyboard shortcut for your localized
version of Outlook.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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I need some quick way to assign category to a new email. What would be
the macro to bring up the categories window?

On a similar note, I would like to create a few macro buttons, where each
button would assign a specific (pre-programmed) category to a number of
selected emails in my inbox. I could then set up rules to move categorized
email into appropriate folders. Alternatively, a macro button could just move
the selected emails into a specific (pre-programmed) folder without assigning
a category. Can anyone help with such a macro?


" wrote:

Hello,

I would like to create a macro, which assigns a specified category to
a new email being composed. To be more specific, on executing this
macro while editing new email, a 'Categories' window would pop up
(which is also selected from 'Options - Categories') where it is
possible to select a category for the new email.

Thanks for your help.
rgds.

Outlook does not support macros. You can, however, write a little code to
do this. See http://www.outlookcode.com or post to
microsoft.public.program_vba.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, UsedToCode asked:

| On a similar note, I would like to create a few macro buttons, where
| each button would assign a specific (pre-programmed) category to a
| number of selected emails in my inbox. I could then set up rules to
| move categorized email into appropriate folders. Alternatively, a
| macro button could just move the selected emails into a specific
| (pre-programmed) folder without assigning a category. Can anyone help
| with such a macro?
|
|
| " wrote:
|
|| Hello,
||
|| I would like to create a macro, which assigns a specified category to
|| a new email being composed. To be more specific, on executing this
|| macro while editing new email, a 'Categories' window would pop up
|| (which is also selected from 'Options - Categories') where it is
|| possible to select a category for the new email.
||
|| Thanks for your help.
|| rgds.

Thanks for your response, but Outlook does make reference to macros. In any
case, I found the following code in another thread that enables me to select
a bunch of emails in my Inbox and move them to the folder called “RcvBkt�,
which is a folder located within my Inbox. I would like to assign a
hard-coded category to a number of selected emails in my inbox. I imagine the
code is very similar, except the move statement in the routine below would
change to something like the statement below. However, the closest thing I’ve
come up with is "objItem.Categories", but it’s not an action like move is so
it doesn’t work. Any suggestions?

objItem.SetCategory “PERSONAL�


Sub MoveIt()
On Error Resume Next

Dim objFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder, objInbox As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace, objItem As Outlook.MailItem

Set objNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objInbox = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set objFolder = objInbox.Folders("RcvBkt")

If Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Count = 0 Then
'Require that this procedure be called only when a message is selected
Exit Sub
End If

For Each objItem In Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection
If objFolder.DefaultItemType = olMailItem Then
If objItem.Class = olMail Then
objItem.Move objFolder
End If
End If
Next

Set objItem = Nothing
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objInbox = Nothing
Set objNS = Nothing
End Sub


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook does not support macros. You can, however, write a little code to
do this. See http://www.outlookcode.com or post to
microsoft.public.program_vba.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, UsedToCode asked:

| On a similar note, I would like to create a few macro buttons, where
| each button would assign a specific (pre-programmed) category to a
| number of selected emails in my inbox. I could then set up rules to
| move categorized email into appropriate folders. Alternatively, a
| macro button could just move the selected emails into a specific
| (pre-programmed) folder without assigning a category. Can anyone help
| with such a macro?
|
|
| " wrote:
|
|| Hello,
||
|| I would like to create a macro, which assigns a specified category to
|| a new email being composed. To be more specific, on executing this
|| macro while editing new email, a 'Categories' window would pop up
|| (which is also selected from 'Options - Categories') where it is
|| possible to select a category for the new email.
||
|| Thanks for your help.
|| rgds.