

Also, it allows you to create tasks from inside an open e-mail. However in Outlook 2010, if you drag and drop too slowly, there is a bug that causes the new task window to disappear behind the main Outlook window-it makes the operation very confusing and frustrating. To convert an Windows Outlook e-mail to a task I normally teach you to drag and drop the e-mail onto the Tasks icon. You have to spend a minute to set this up (once) and then it’s in place, and in the video at the link below I show you how to do that. One good use for Quick Steps is to simplify converting e-mails to tasks. Then it will create a new email messages and automatically fill out its subject line at once.Outlook 20 (the Windows applications) have a feature called Quick Steps that allows you to automate commonly used operations. This VBA code can be applied in Outlook 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. If you need to change, please replace your preset subject with your required text in the VBA code. In our example, we configure your preset subject as autofill subject. Click the Run button on the toolbar or press the F5 key to run this VBA code.

Set MItem = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)Ĥ. VBA: Create a new email and autofill its subject line Sub New_Secure_Email() Paste the following VBA code into the module window: Insert a module with clicking the Insert > Module.ģ. Press the Alt + F11 to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.Ģ. Note: This method is not valid in Outlook 2007 because there is not Quick Steps feature in Outlook 2007 at all.Īpart from quick steps, you can also create your VBA to automatically fill out subject lines for new email messages in Outlook easily.ġ. Then it creates a new email message, and automatically fills out the subject line with the text you preset in Step 3. Apply the new created quick part with clicking its name ( Autofill Subject) in the Quick Steps box on the Home tab. And you can apply this quick part easily with a click.Ĥ. Up to now, you have customized a quick part about creating a new message with preset subject.

Click the text of Show Options below the To box to expand the preset message options, enter your preset subject in the Subject box, and click the Finish button. Click the Choose an Action box, and select the New Message in the Respond section from the drop down list.ģ. Enter a new name for your customizing quick step in the Name: box, for example enter Autofill Subject

In the popping up Edit Quick Step dialog box, Shift to the Mail view, and click the Create New in the Quick Steps box on the Home tab.Ģ. The first method will guide you to customize a quick step that can create a new email message and automatically fill out its subject line with specified text.
