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
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:
