Manage Outlook contacts using AppleScript
Our contacts often share the same information. For example, we may know two or more people who work for the same company and share the same address, phone number and website. Invariably, as we add...
View ArticleMicrosoft updates AppleScript dictionary for Outlook 2011 SP1
Yesterday, Microsoft released the Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac SP1 (14.1.0) Update. Outlook garnered a fair number of bug fixes and new features, some of which had been missing since Entourage. Under...
View ArticleFrom the Outlook forum: ‘More than 2 week reminders?’
mlevin77 asks: I am moving to Outlook 2011 from Entourage 2008. A bunch of my calendar items have reminders that are more than 2 weeks in advance, because in Entourage I could specify however many days...
View ArticleAdd week numbers to Outlook for Mac’s calendar
Update: Beginning with the Office for Mac 14.2.0 Update (SP2) Microsoft added week numbers to Outlook for Mac. Enable them first under Outlook menu –> Preferences… –> Calendar. They appear in...
View ArticleUndocumented tip: Use the keyboard to delete unwanted recent addresses
Two weeks ago I posted an undocumented tip for quickly scrolling to a specific date from the Microsoft Answers forum. Today, another forum poster provided a great undocumented tip for using the...
View ArticleScript: Print Attachments
If you need to print an email showing attachments included or to print selected text, download Outlook Print Scripts v0.4 , Author: Lutz MEYER. If you find these scripts useful, please make a donation...
View ArticleUse AppleScript or VBA to paste unformatted text in Word for Mac
Working with formatted text copied from a stylized source such as a web page can make editing in Word for Mac laborious. For someone who does it frequently, selecting Edit > Paste Special, choosing...
View ArticleUse AppleScript to instantly view a date in Outlook for Mac’s Calendar
In an earlier blog post I provided an undocumented tip for quickly scrolling to a date in Outlook for Mac’s Calendar. Now, using the following AppleScript a user can navigate instantly to a specific...
View ArticleMicrosoft revamps features for Outlook for Mac 15
Microsoft released Outlook for Mac 15, departing from its history of bundling the application with its Office for Mac suite. Also new was that the release was targeted exclusively at Office 365...
View ArticleAppleScriptTask in Office 2016 for the Mac
AppleScriptTask in Office 2016 for the Mac In Office 2011 for the Mac there are many problems with the built-in VBA commands. For Example Dir, Kill, GetOpenFilename, GetSaveAsFileName and many others....
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