Add Contacts to new menu for quick access

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Hi,

Goal:
1. Add/create a new drop-down menu that has a list of frequently accessed
contacts under it.
2. Click on the name (menu item) of the frequently accessed contact...and
their contact record opens.

If I create a new program drop down menu...how do I populate the drop-down
menu with clickable items that open specific contact records?

Thanks,

JVroom
 
Did you know that such a control is already available, as the drop-down list associated with the Find a Contact box?

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Hi,

Thanks Sue for pointing out that built-in feature...I forgot about that one.

Also, thanks again for all your Slipstick.com work and help over the years.

MS Word has a way of creating custom drop-down menus with items that are
hyperlinked to documents. I'd like something similar in Outlook ... That
is, a way of creating a custom drop down menu with certain Contacts listed
that can be clicked on to open their contact record.

But only if it's not to time consuming/not too difficult

Bye,

JVroom
 
Depends on what you consider time-consuming and difficult. You'd have to keep track of what contacts are accessed (how? -- sent mesages to? opened? linked to tasks? etc.) and build the list accordingly.. You would need to write code to respond to the CommandBarComboBox.Change event by looking up the contact name in your default Contacts folder (and any others you want to search).

The VBA Help topics for the CommandBarComboBox object and its properties should show you how to populate it.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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