This step is important, not only because opening attachments from the reading pane creates read-only attachments, but also because it’s too easy to view another message, calendar etc. These specific steps work with any file type and allow users to edit and return the edited copy to the sender, without saving the edited copy to My Documents.ġ. If you need to include the original message in the reply, it is possible to edit the attachment and send the edited copy without saving the file and browsing your documents folder for it. If neither are a concern, use the Send to, Original sender or Mail recipient (for review) option. Office applications have a ‘send for review’ option but it creates a new message, not a reply. For most people, this means saving the attachment and inserting it into the reply.
More common is the need to revise a document and send the edited copy back. Set fldTemp = fso.GetSpecialFolder(2) ' TemporaryFolderįor Each objAtt In objSourceItem.Attachments Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Sub CopyAttachments(objSourceItem, objTargetItem) Select Case TypeName(objApp.ActiveWindow) When you need to reply or reply all and include attachments, use the buttons. Create two toolbar, ribbon, or QAT buttons and assign ReplyAllWithAttachments and ReplyWithAttachments to the buttons.
Press Alt+F11 to open the VBA editor then copy the code samples below and paste it into ThisOutlooksession. If you need to reply with attachment often, the methods above will get old fast. Macro to Reply or ReplyAll with Attachments
Hold Shift when selecting the attachments if there are multiple attachments you want to send back.ĭrag the message from the Inbox to the reply, or use the Insert, Item command to insert the message as an attachment. You don't need to open the original message in a new window either - you can drag the attachments from the reading pane. The drawbacks: it breaks threading and you'll need to address the message.ĭrag the attachment(s) from the original message to the reply. The easiest way is to hit Forward instead of Reply. Fortunately, there are fairly easy ways to add the attachment to the reply that don't involve saving the attachment and attaching it. Outlook has the reply format 'when replying, attach original message', which attaches the original message and all of its contents, but many users find the resulting nested messages annoying when used for all replies.