Did you know that you can create a new Outlook email message by dragging some text off of an existing message? I discovered this tip by accident, but it would be useful if you're sending an email to someone, and a slightly different version to someone else.
To create a new email from existing text:
- Create or open an email message in Outlook
- Select the text that you want to copy to a new email
- Drag the text onto one of the Outlook folders visible in the background.
A new email message is created, with the selected text from the old message.
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Hi Debra, You can do the same thing when dragging to Calendar and Tasks.
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Debra, that's cool. Dragging in Outlook is amazing. I drag emails into the Tasks icon to make new tasks, files to and from Windows Explorer (right-click from WE to drop a hyperlink) and web links from FireFox into emails.
Thanks Peggy and Doug! I often drag files from Windows Explorer into emails, but haven't tried the other tips yet.
I only send in plan text. When I drag text and drop it in the Inbox, it creates a new message in Rich Text format.
Thanks Dick, I hadn't noticed that.