I have some standard information (client report) that I send into the office every day.
Is there any way I can create some kind of template message with headings that I can fill in each day?
Alternatively is there a way of putting carriage returns into My Text; that would do it.
Currently I'm using Mortscript to generate the message, but it's not as robust as I'd like.
Cheers
Can't you use a Word template and Email the resulting docx/rtf/txt file as an attachment?
Using attachments isn't really a good solution.
The client reports get emailed to the office where they arrive in a public folder. These are from time-to-time searched for certain strings, for example if we want to find a client who uses a particular piece of software. If the reports are in attachments the search won't work, I think.
Why don't you just build a shell or example in word or notepad. Then you could just copy and paste it in your email. It's an extra step but works ok.
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Hi guys,
I don't mean to vent frustrations here but I'm becoming increasingly disappointed with my T-Mobile Vario III (WM6).
My main issue lies with the email capabilities and its seeming inability to work consistently and correctly in my hands. Initially, I was not able to see the link for email attachments let alone download them.
I learned that I needed Windows Live to accomplish this. So I downloaded the CAB file, installed it, synced it with my hotmail inbox and everything appeared to be ok. Wrong.
I was able to click the attachment, which happened to be an .xls file, and download it. However, it revealed itself in 'Mail Attachments' on my SD card. Lets say the file was called Book1.xls, when I open Mail Attachments, the file is there but it has been renamed to '340000d2-330000d4' and is unrecognisable to Excel Mobile. The file is ~ 730kb. The phone suggests I go to Excel Mobile and try to open it through the application. This doesn't seem to be achievable.
What's more, when I go back to my inbox and try and re-download the file, it won't let me. It tells me it 'Cannot display the attachment'. Occasionally it will also say it 'Failed to sync folders'.
This whole process seems so much simpler on my friend's N95. Go straight to hotmail, download attachment, open with Spreadsheet and bang, it's there. Why can't the Vario III be like that?
I apologise in advance if I'm being incompetant but surely it shouldn't be this fiddly.
Thanks.
So if I understand you correctly, you can't view/open email attachments in your pocket outlook.
If that's the case, (if you're installed the latest windows cab), do have the latest version of "Windows Live" and/or Pocket MS Office '07?
Perhaps you should use a different email client (Fleximail, Profimail, (not free).
I also suggest you try the link in my signature "General Software Questions". That way, more people will be able to see and answer your question(s)
If I read things right, you are trying to download your email from Hotmail?? If this is right, then to be honest the best solution is to change to a proper pop3 address (Gmail for example).
I use Gmail on my Tytn II and have no problems downloading attachments etc using the built in Outlook client, the only thing I have done is to get another program to build a "check email" schedule.
If you aren't using Hotmail, then ignore this!
Thanks a lot guys, I appreciate the responses.
I was using Hotmail in a vain attempt to retrieve my attachments. After about 4 or 5 hours of research and effort, I decided to give up. I tried using Gmail and it works fine, as long as I don't use the html version of mobile Google. Normal Gmail allows me to save the excel file to my documents and open it with Excel Mobile.
I am satisfied, I suppose.
Thanks again.
I think you would be better of activating pop3 on Gmail and using the built in Outlook and not going through a browser, but its up to you.
If using gmail, I would enable IMAP on your gmail account, then set it up as a regular IMAP email on the Kaiser. Much better then POP on a mobile device.
I think the problem with the poster is he's opening the files directly from the mail attachment folder which is where Pocket Outlook puts the attachments with whatever name it wants to use.
What you have to do is go to your email and you'll see the attachment there with its correct name. Click and hold, choose save as and pick the location. Then you can browse to the location using windows explorer or excel and open it from there. Just like a pc.
Yeah, I worked it out: Don't use Hotmail. I configured it to use Gmail IMAP and it works fine. Now I just have the multitude of other bugs to deal with...
Thanks again.
I've been messing around with SEVEN, and it seems to do everything I want (sync read/unread status, deletion) except I haven't found a way to archive email or search through All Mail.
Are those two things possible (or do you have to use the web interface or the java app)?
Seven treats gmail like any other imap server (at least for e-mail fetching functions, though I think the configuration is tweaked to deal with gmail's unique folder layout and have things work fairly seamlessly with what appear as "labels" in the gmail interface.
It also is limited to getting mail from a certain time period, instead of everything on g-mail's server.
So all you can view and search is what's from within that time period -- for anything else, you'll need the java app or web site.
Thanks for the info!
Too bad you can't archive email... There isn't a way to set up a label with a filter, so you can instead just move email into an archiving folder?
Also, is it possible to get the preview in TouchFlo 3D to show the content of the email? (it says "Click to view message" instead of showing me the head of the message).
Many of us have found that SMS/MMS does not work on (xxx) xxx-xxxx phone number formats. mmorman12 has a fix if you use gmail exclusively for contacts.
This is related to mmoorman12's post for changing all phone numbers in gmail to xxx-xxx-xxxx: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8830645&postcount=4081
I know many of you, like myself, use at least one Exchange account with Android. What makes me mad to no end is that Outlook automatically formats phone numbers in a way that it THINKS you want it, regardless of how you give it a formatted file. Here are the essential steps that I took in order to change my 500+ Exchange contact phone numbers from (xxx) xxx-xxxx to xxx-xxx-xxxx for Android's (Cognition 2.x) MMS/SMS little quirk - it should take about 15 minutes.
Read this whole post before you do anything. Make a backup of your Contacts folder before you screw it up. On Outlook 2k10, click the folder view (look for the little folder at the very bottom of the left panel. It goes Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes, Folder List, Shortcuts). Make a new folder anywhere (like Inbox) and right-click drag the Contacts folder to the new folder and COPY it there.
0) In Outlook (or any other mail/contact manager that connects to Exchange), export your contacts to a Windows CSV. In Outlook 2k10, this is under File > Open > Import (yes, click Import to Export to a file. Yay MS.)
1) Use the wizard to export to a Windows CSV. I'm sure other formats will work just fine - this is what I can say worked for me. Export it to your Desktop.
2) Using Excel (or any other free spreadsheet), open the file. I found that for 5 years Outlook has been putting the last name in the first name column and vice versa, and WinMo never had a problem with it. So check to make sure all of the correct data is in the right field. Make any changes to names, etc. now. Save.
3) Close Excel - it locks the file so it must be closed. Using a good text editor (Notepad++ (Free!) or UltraEdit), do a search and replace on the most common area codes you have. For example, I live in central Missouri, so I did a find on "(573) "(note trailing space) and replaced it with "573-". Repeat with all numerous area codes. Don't forget 888, 800, & 866. Save. Catch the one-offs in the next step.
4) Open the CSV back in the spreadsheet program and fix the one-offs. There will like be only a handful. Save and close.
5) This is the most important step because without it, when you import to Outlook, it will just convert xxx-xxx-xxxx back to (xxx) xxx-xxxx. On Win7 (other versions are basically the same), open Control Panel > Phone and Modem > Dialing Rules tab. If you have something there (like "My Location", click edit. Otherwise create a new one.) Change from "United States" or whatever is there to "International Freephone Service". Click OK out of that dialog box. Outlook uses this to determine how to format phone numbers.
6) Import the CSV (File > Open > Import in Outlook 2k10). Click Contacts and you want to overwrite them, unless you really want duplicates.
Warning:
0) Doing this will give you the opportunity to see that Outlook/Exchange may have added a substantial amount of data to the Notes field. If you are like me, this will piss you off.
1) This will delete any photos you have embedded in to your contacts. I recommend saving your contact photos before you do this.
2) You stand the chance of royally jacking up your contact list. Good thing you made a backup (and a second backup to a totally separate PST file ).
I know this is a bit labor intensive, but I literally looked for several hours for a way to do this and only came up with partial solutions. It would have been far quicker to manually change every phone number than all of the research I've done, so I really hope this helps someone else!
If this thread takes off, I'm sure I'll come up with better/easier ways to accomplish this. Reserving for future use.
This must just be a cognition issue? My captivate with stock doesn't seem to have a problem with phone numbers formatted with () from Exchange.
I've seen people with other ROMs on other devices complain about this. DG's Cognition 2.1.x worked fine too. Probably a FroYo refinement...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Thanks! Worked great!
You were right, took about 15 minutes (or less?) and was relatively easy. Just follow the steps detailed here and it will clean up your Contacts easily!
Thanks to the OP for this!
Kill those parentheses
Here's hoping fatbas202 is still watching.
I am importing about 4,000 addresses from an ancient address book (Organizer v1) where all of my numbers are in the style +xx xx xxxx xxxx or similar, i.e. leading plus sign, spaces, no hyphens, mostly non-US layout, layout varies according to country standard (about 50-odd countries in toto).
The addresses export to CSV and retain the layout. Yet when I import to Outlook 2010, after changing to International Freephone and rebooting, I get parentheses around the Outlook-presumed area code, e.g. +xx (xx) xxxx xxxx. This is at odds with what you managed to achieve.
To see why my attempt has failed, if I open a contact, Outlook has not posted a stream of digits to "Local Number" but has determined its own country (and dumped my country code digits), put the first few digits in the "Area Code" box and the balance in the "Local Number" box. If I then edit this and put the Area Code digits in the Local Number box I lose the brackets but (a) I also lose all of the spaces which makes the number difficult to read and (b) I can't do this for 4,000 numbers. (I'm also worried that if I ever want to migrate to another address book I will have lost the +CountryCode from the number stream.)
I have searched high and low for a solution to this, do you have any ideas, please? For the record I have tried editing a few of the cells in the CSV (putting in hyphens to see whether these are what allow you to achieve your success) and the CSV considers this a sum and posts a numerical result (unless I put a leading apostrophe). I only did this as a test, I don't actually want the hyphens and I can't edit 4,000 contacts.
Thanks.
Ok, so I am applying to colleges and I was using my HD7. I got some stuff scanned and downloaded it to a PDF to my windows phone. I open my email to send it to the college push attach and the only thing I can attach are pictures? I don't get how a phone designed for business can't attach a PDF file to an E-Mail. Am I doing something wrong?
If you've downloaded them to your Windows Phone then they should show up within the Office App (although it can't open them directly, they should still show up there if you saved the PDF files properly... in order to attach them in an email, within the Office App swipe over until you get to the page labeled "locations" --- select "Phone" and then long press down on the document you need to send... Then simply select "Share" when the popup menu appears... Select your desired method of sharing (email in your case) and the document is now attached... I'm pretty sure you need to have the PDF file saved in the My Documents directory on your phone for this to work... Do some quick searching & I'm sure you'll find out how if you don't already know...
Cheers...
HELP !!!
i am a new android user, came for iOS
i want a free way to transfer my over 300 notes :crying: to my new hTc one android 4.2.2 ?
N.B: the notes are also stored on outlook on my PC
i found a way to transfer the notes to .txt
using this method:
Export Outlook Notes to Document Files
There are a lot of people who want a free way to export their Outlook notes to separate document files. Here is a step by step method of exporting those notes. It may seem tricky, but it really is simple and should take all of 5 minutes to complete. The actual export happens so quickly you will be astonished. The notes will be exported into Word or text documents with the same name as the notes.
Please understand that Windows does not allow many special characters in file names, so you will need to manually remove any special characters like <.>:"/\|?* from your note name before the conversion. The following device names are also restricted from use as file names by Windows and should not be the name of a note: CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9. To help you out, the code I provided will automatically replace any "/" or "\" characters with a "-". The rest is up to you to rename manually or you may alter the code to convert even more restricted characters or names.
Create a folder on the root (main part) your C: drive named "Notes". It is important that this folder be on the root of the C: drive.
Open Outlook.
After Outlook opens, click on the top bar of the Outlook window next to the name Microsoft Outlook.
Press ALT-F11 which will open Outlook's Visual Basic window. If it does not open, be sure you clicked on the top bar of the Outlook window and press ALT-F11 again.
On the top toolbar, click on Insert and Module. You should see a new window pane open labeled Project1, Module1.
Copy the code you find listed below in this article and paste it in the Module1 window pane. If you wish to export to a document that can be opened in Word (rich text format), use the NotesToRTF code. If you wish to export to text files, use the NotesToText code.
On the top toolbar, click on Run and then click on "Run Sub/Userform".
A window will pop up asking you to select the folder where your Outlook Notes are located. For most people, this will simply be your normal Outlook Notes folder. Select the Notes folder and then select OK. [More advanced users may select different note folders they may have created, following these steps over and over until all their notes are exported.]
The Notes will quickly be exported at this point. "Running" will appear next to "Microsoft Visual Basic" window name at the top of the screen and disappear when the notes are exported. You may see it flash for a second if you have just a few notes. For hundreds or thousands of notes, it will take longer. Wait for "Running" to go away and you may proceed.
Close the Microsoft Visual Basic window.
Close Outlook. You will receive a popup window asking if you want to save the VBA project. Answer No.
Look in the Notes folder on the C: drive to find your notes.
If you received a "Run time error", click End and then check the following:
Did you use a restricted character or name in a note?
Did you REALLY name the folder Notes in the ROOT of the C: drive?
Fix the folder name and then go back to the Microsoft Visual Basic window and click on Run and then "Run Sub/Userform" again.
The code is proven and should work every time when you follow the directions. If it still fails, I suspect you may have a corrupted Outlook data file. There are many Hub pages that address how to fix the problem. Simply search for "scanpst" and follow the directions listed in the page.
NotesToRTF Code
Sub NotesToRTF()
Set myNote = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").PickFolder
For cnt = 1 To myNote.Items.Count
noteName = Replace(Replace(myNote.Items(cnt).Subject, "/", "-"), "\", "-")
myNote.Items(cnt).SaveAs "c:\notes\" & noteName & ".rtf", OlSaveAsType.olRTF
Next
End Sub
NotesToText Code:
Sub NotesToText()
Set myNote = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").PickFolder
For cnt = 1 To myNote.Items.Count
noteName = Replace(Replace(myNote.Items(cnt).Subject, "/", "-"), "\", "-")
myNote.Items(cnt).SaveAs "c:\notes\" & noteName & ".txt", OlSaveAsType.olTXT
Next
End Sub
then i put them onto the phone and opened the notes through the phone using a file manager
if anyone has any other ideas please reply
Thanks for sharring this.
A good file manger i found and now use is called ''File Expert HD'' from Play Store.