How to list all attachment names into message body when composing email in Outlook?

Are there any good ways for us to insert all attachment names into message body when composing an email in Outlook? This article, I will talk about how to solve this job in Outlook.

List all attachment names into message body when composing email with VBA code

List all attachment names into message body when composing email with VBA code

Please do with the following steps to finish this task:

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, double click ThisOutlookSession from the Project1(VbaProject.OTM) pane to open the mode, and then copy and paste the following code into the blank module.

VBA code: List all attachment names into message body:

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
    Dim xMailItem As MailItem
    If Item.Class = olMail Then
        Set xMailItem = Item
        If xMailItem.Attachments.Count > 0 Then
          AddAttachmentNamesToBody
        End If
    End If
    End Sub

3. Then go on clicking Insert > Module, copy and paste below code into the opened blank module, see screenshot:

VBA code: List all attachment names into message body:

Public Sub AddAttachmentNamesToBody()
    Dim xMailItem As MailItem
    Dim xAttachment As Attachment
    Dim xFileName As String
   Dim xInspector As Outlook.Inspector
    Dim xDoc As Word.Document
    Dim xWdSelection As Word.Selection
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xMailItem = Outlook.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
    If xMailItem.Attachments.Count = 0 Then
        Exit Sub
    End If
    xFileName = ""
    For Each xAttachment In xMailItem.Attachments
        If xFileName = "" Then
            xFileName = " <" & xAttachment.FileName & "> "
        Else
            xFileName = xFileName & vbCrLf & " <" & xAttachment.FileName & "> "
        End If
    Next xAttachment
    Set xInspector = Outlook.Application.ActiveInspector()
    Set xDoc = xInspector.WordEditor
    Set xWdSelection = xDoc.Application.Selection
    xWdSelection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
    xWdSelection.InsertBefore "Attachments: " & vbCrLf & xFileName & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
    Set xMailItem = Nothing
    End Sub

4. And then click Tools > References in the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, in the popped out References-Project1 dialog box, check Microsoft Word Object Library option from the Available References list box, see screenshot:

5. Click OK to exit the dialog box, then you should add the macro button into the Quick Access Toolbar. In the new Message window, choose More Commands from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar drop down, see screenshot:

6. In the Outlook Options dialog box, do the following operations:

(1.) Select Macros from the Choose commands from drop down list;

(2.) Click the macro name that you have inserted just now;

(3.) And then click Add button to add the macro into the Customize Quick Access Toolbar.

7. Then click OK to close the dialog box, now, the macro button has been inserted into the Quick Access Toolbar, see screenshot:

8. Now, when you create new message, and click the macro button, the attachment names will be inserted above the message body as following screenshot shown:

 

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