Sue,

Don't know if you are still monitoring this (3 years later), but just in
case, here's my .02.

Your point actually underscores the need for a macro recorder in Outlook.
Word and Excel are inarguably the most popular and prolific Office
applications. They have macro recorders to help individuals automatic
regular manual tasks. Outlook is by far and away the next most popular
Office app. As you said, there is "virtually no simple stuff" in Outlook
coding- hence all the more reason to assist users in creating macros and VBA
code by including a macro recorder.

C Watson

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Well, there is virtually no "simple stuff" in Outlook, at least not until
you master the fundamental concepts.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Jim Johnson - Serenity Consulting"
t.com wrote in message
...
My apologies. I work mostly in Word, Excel and on occasion Access - all of
which build most of the macro code for you. For simple stuff, you at most
need to tweak a couple lines.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not true. Most of today's growing number of Office applications do not
have
macro recorders. The document-centric programs Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint
are the exceptions, not the majority.


"Jim Johnson - Serenity Consulting"
t.com wrote in message
...

In every other Office app, I could simply record a function this simple
and
be done - but NOT in Outlook. I am capable of hand writing my own VBA
routine, but as I don't routinely do this, it always takes me much
longer
than necessary.

Microsoft hasn't put a macro recorder into an Office product in many years. I doubt that they ever will again.

All the basic tasks related to writing macros in Outlook -- such as processing all the items in a folder or processing the current item -- are well documented, some with many, many examples.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"CW" wrote in message ...
Sue,

Don't know if you are still monitoring this (3 years later), but just in
case, here's my .02.

Your point actually underscores the need for a macro recorder in Outlook.
Word and Excel are inarguably the most popular and prolific Office
applications. They have macro recorders to help individuals automatic
regular manual tasks. Outlook is by far and away the next most popular
Office app. As you said, there is "virtually no simple stuff" in Outlook
coding- hence all the more reason to assist users in creating macros and VBA
code by including a macro recorder.

C Watson

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Well, there is virtually no "simple stuff" in Outlook, at least not until
you master the fundamental concepts.

"Jim Johnson - Serenity Consulting"
t.com wrote in message
...
My apologies. I work mostly in Word, Excel and on occasion Access - all of
which build most of the macro code for you. For simple stuff, you at most
need to tweak a couple lines.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not true. Most of today's growing number of Office applications do not
have
macro recorders. The document-centric programs Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint
are the exceptions, not the majority.


"Jim Johnson - Serenity Consulting"
t.com wrote in message
...

In every other Office app, I could simply record a function this simple
and
be done - but NOT in Outlook. I am capable of hand writing my own VBA
routine, but as I don't routinely do this, it always takes me much
longer
than necessary.