Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003 Inside Out

Chapter 27. Automating Common Tasks

• Understanding Automation Options

• Understanding Macros

• Using Macros

• Setting Macro Security

• Signing Your Macros to Avoid Security Warnings

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 is a feature-rich product and, as such, has an option, a wizard, or a graphical tool for accomplishing nearly anything you require from a personal information manager. If something does come up that the folks at Microsoft haven't planned for, though, you also have the option of customizing Outlook by using its built-in support for Microsoft Visual Basic code additions. Through the use of flexible Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) scripting options and built-in security controls, you can easily simplify and automate common tasks.

In this chapter, you'll ...