Macro - paste as plain text

Status
Not open for further replies.
O

ofw62

Senior Member
Outlook version
Outlook 2016 32 bit
Email Account
Office 365 Exchange
Up front: I am -not- an expert on macros/VBA, or, better said, I have no knowledge of it at all.

I want to paste clipboard text as unformatted, plain text. Regretfully the VBA code from a recorded macro that I use in Excel
could not be used.

Found an old thread (Outlook 2007 Macro: Paste - Paste Special - Unformatted Text aug.22, 2009) dealing with this issue.

Macro reading:

Sub Paste_Special_Unformatted()

Dim objDoc As Word.Document
Dim objSel As Word.Selection
On Error Resume Next

' get a Word.Selection from the open Outlook item

Set objDoc = Application.ActiveInspector.WordEditor
Set objSel = objDoc.Windows(1).Selection

' now do what you want with the Selection

objSel.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText
Set objDoc = Nothing
Set objSel = Nothing

End Sub

This works fine.

Q: Is it possible to assign a hotkey to this?
(like ctrl-g, or ctrl-t)

SnagIt-24052018 073347.png
 
No, not in Outlook like you can in Word... you can add a button for it to the quick access toolbar or ribbon - the resulting shortcut will either be Alt+nn (position in from left) or a shortcut such as Alt+HYA if you add it to the ribbon - the shortcut is assigned based on the ribbon and position on the ribbon - they need to be after the default buttons to have a shortcut assigned.
 
Many thanks Diane.
Added a button to the quick access toolbar. That's fine as well.

Oh, BTW, when doing in a fresh install of Office, I assume I have to create the macro again?
Or is it saved in some file?
Optionally Excel stores macros into a file, personal.xlsb. After restoring the file into C:\Users\...blabla...\Excel\XLSTART\ folder
they are available upon next launch of Excel.

Thanks again.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
< Advanced Search in MS Outlook by VBA and SQL | Outlook rule run a Script doesn't work >
Similar threads
Thread starter Title Forum Replies Date
D Outlook macro with today's date in subject and paste clipboard in body Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
H Macro to Copy Specific content from Mail Body and Paste to Excel Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 4
I Clipboard paste in macro Using Outlook 14
G Outlook 2007 Macro: Paste - Paste Special - Unformatted Text Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 9
N Macro in this Project are disabled Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 2
M Outlook 365 Amending code so macro runs within current new mail window Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
M Outlook 365 macro - automatically attach file based on subject line Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
J Outlook macro to run before email is being send Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 3
H Macro to Delete Duplicate items in Outlook calendar where title is the same and date is the same Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
X Custom icon (not from Office 365) for a macro in Outlook Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
X Run macro automatically when a mail appears in the sent folder Using Outlook 5
mrrobski68 Issue with Find messages in a conversation macro Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
G Creating Macro to scrape emails from calendar invite body Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 6
M Use Macro to change account settings Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
J Macro to Reply to Emails w/ Template Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 3
C Outlook - Macro to block senders domain - Macro Fix Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
Witzker Outlook 2019 Macro to seach in all contact Folders for marked Email Adress Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
S macro error 4605 Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
A Macro Mail Alert Using Outlook 4
J Outlook 365 Outlook Macro to Sort emails by column "Received" to view the latest email received Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
J Macro to send email as alias Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
M Outlook Macro to save as Email with a file name format : Date_Timestamp_Sender initial_Email subject Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
Witzker Outlook 2019 Macro GoTo user defined search folder Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 6
D Outlook 2016 Creating an outlook Macro to select and approve Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
Witzker Outlook 2019 Macro to send an Email Template from User Defined Contact Form Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
Witzker Outlook 2019 Macro to check Cursor & Focus position Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 8
V Macro to mark email with a Category Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 4
M Outlook 2019 Macro not working Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
S Outlook 365 Help me create a Macro to make some received emails into tasks? Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
D Auto Remove [EXTERNAL] from subject - Issue with Macro Using Outlook 21
V Macro to count flagged messages? Using Outlook 2
sophievldn Looking for a macro that moves completed items from subfolders to other subfolder Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 7
S Outlook Macro for [Date][Subject] Using Outlook 1
E Outlook - Macro - send list of Tasks which are not finished Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 3
E Macro to block senders domain Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
D VBA Macro to Print and Save email to network location Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
N VBA Macro To Save Emails Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
N Line to move origEmail to subfolder within a reply macro Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
Witzker Outlook 2019 Macro to answer a mail with attachments Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 2
A Outlook 2016 Macro to Reply, ReplyAll, or Forward(but with composing new email) Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 0
J Macro to Insert a Calendar Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 8
W Macro to Filter Based on Latest Email Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 6
T Macro to move reply and original message to folder Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 6
D Autosort macro for items in a view Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 2
S HTML to Plain Text Macro - Help Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
A Macro to file emails into subfolder based on subject line Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 1
N Help creating a VBA macro with conditional formatting to change the font color of all external emails to red Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 5
S Visual indicator of a certain property or to show a macro toggle Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 2
L Modifying VBA script to delay running macro Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 3
S Macro to extract and modify links from emails Outlook VBA and Custom Forms 3

Similar threads

Back
Top