Questions tagged [outlook-2007]

For issues relating to integrating with Microsoft Outlook, release 2007.

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. It includes an email client, calendar and other personal information organization tools.

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How should I use Outlook to send code snippets?

As a programmer at a big corporation, I frequently send Outlook emails that contain code samples. I'll actually type code directly into an email. This inevitably causes problems, as Outlook really likes to format text in pleasing but unhelpful…
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Can I read an Outlook (2003/2007) PST file in C#?

Is it possible to read a .PST file using C#? I would like to do this as a standalone application, not as an Outlook addin (if that is possible). If have seen other SO questions similar to this mention MailNavigator but I am looking to do this…
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Regular Expression Rules in Outlook 2007?

Is it possible to create rules in Outlook 2007 based on a regex string? I'm trying to add a filter for messages containing a string such as: 4000-10, a four digit number followed by a dash and then a two digit number, which can be anything from…
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In outlook html email, float does not work

I want this layout where I have a rectangular box. And inside the box on the left there is a text and on the right there is an image. This looks fine in the browser, but when sent out as an html email, in outlook the float right doesn't seem to…
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Background images not working in Outlook 2007 and later

I made an HTML Email Template that is working fine in most email readers, but the background images are not showing in Outlook 2007, 2010, and 2013. How can I solve the problem? Here's the HTML for the email:
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iCalendar to force the 'Accept/Decline' buttons to appear in an updated event instance for Outlook?

Does anyone know what iCalendar conditions I need to force the 'Accept/Decline' buttons to appear in an updated meeting message for Outlook 2007? Is there a combination of regular iCalendar fields, or some X-MICROSOFT fields I'm missing out on to…
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Outlook 2007 changes link styles in a HTML email to have a blue underline when sent to Hotmail, Gmail, etc. Any fixes?

I've been using the HTML email templates that I obtained from http://www.campaignmonitor.com/templates/ And on every example I have gone through, when I send an email using the HTML template, all the links are given the horrible default blue…
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How to copy email address in outlook 2007

I use MS Office Outlook 2007, and sometimes it converts email address as "FirstName LastName". When double click, it opens Contact form, but nowhere email address to copy into clipboard. How is it possible to copy to clipboard email address if it…
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VBScript to send email without running Outlook

I have written an automated test that runs each night, and I would like to email the results each night once the test is finished. In order to do this I attempted to put the following at the end of my batchfile: Set MyApp =…
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Adding items to RibbonDropDown at runtime

So I have a dropdown menu in a ribbon with contents that can be changed while it is being used. Outlook is also happy to let me 'add' or 'insert' items into it, as long as I do not add more than 1 item. If I try to, I'll be told that the index is…
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Importing ics file to an Outlook.AppointmentItem

I have an Outlook 2007 add-in that is trying to import ics files into Outlook.AppointmentItem objects so that I can read attributes about certain appointments. Currently I am not able to read the ics back into memory. Any suggestions on what I am…
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Debugging an Outlook 2007 script fired by a rule

I'm trying to debug an Outlook 2007 VBA script that's fired by a rule. I've set a breakpoint in the script but it doesn't get hit. The script is actually a Sub in the ThisOutlookSession object. When I run the rule on a specified folder nothing seems…
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How to turn off setting for visible special characters In outlook new email message?

Somehow I turned on the display paragraph marks, spaces, and other special characters in my outlook 2007 new email messages and I can't find a way to turn it off. I am looking for the outlook equivalent of the Word 2007 Show/Hide command that is in…
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Update an event in Outlook 2007 with an iCalendar file

There is a previous thread with this question, and hints at an answer, but I could not get it to work. I have an ICS file. It validates. It looks like…
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Workaround for Outlook 2007 for wrapping text around image with margin?

As we all know, Outlook 2007 uses the Word 2007 rendering engine, causing endless grief when designing HTML email message. [Insert rant here] In particular, float, margin, and padding are - shall we say? - poorly supported. To simulate float so that…
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