New Message without calling up Outlook

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GregB

I have a shortcut in my QuickLaunch toolbar (can't recall where I got it)
that allows me to create a new appointment without having to first recall
the Outlook window. Works great!

I also want to be able to create an email without having to recall the
Outlook window. Ideally, I'd like to be able to hit a keystroke (say,
Ctrl+Alt+M) anywhere in Windows and have an email composition window appear.
Any ideas?

GregB
 
create a shortcut and assign the keystrokes to it. the shortcut command line
should be
outlook.exe /c ipm.note

Be aware that you are opening outlook when you do this - it's not running
with the GUI loaded and messages won't be sent until you do open outlook
completely.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours


http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com
Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30
 
Thanks, much! I've always got Outlook running, but minimized to the
systray. This makes shooting off a quick email so much simpler.

Thanks again,

Greg


Diane Poremsky said:
create a shortcut and assign the keystrokes to it. the shortcut command line
should be
outlook.exe /c ipm.note

Be aware that you are opening outlook when you do this - it's not running
with the GUI loaded and messages won't be sent until you do open outlook
completely.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours


http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com
Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30


GregB said:
I have a shortcut in my QuickLaunch toolbar (can't recall where I got it)
that allows me to create a new appointment without having to first recall
the Outlook window. Works great!

I also want to be able to create an email without having to recall the
Outlook window. Ideally, I'd like to be able to hit a keystroke (say,
Ctrl+Alt+M) anywhere in Windows and have an email composition window appear.
Any ideas?

GregB
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