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Hello shacho,<br />
<br />
Try the following code section .. it works on any mailitem but is defined here to work with the selected text in the open mailitem.<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Chris<br />

<pre><code id="code-362221">Sub getsel()
Dim itm As Object
Dim insp As Inspector
Dim wd As Object 
    Set itm = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
    Set insp = itm.GetInspector
    Set wd = insp.WordEditor
    msgbox &quot;Current Selection&quot;, wd.Windows(1).Selection
    
End Sub
</code></pre>
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Hello shacho,

Try the following code section .. it works on any mailitem but is defined here to work with the selected text in the open mailitem.

Regards,
Chris


Sub getsel()
Dim itm As Object
Dim insp As Inspector
Dim wd As Object 
    Set itm = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
    Set insp = itm.GetInspector
    Set wd = insp.WordEditor
    msgbox "Current Selection", wd.Windows(1).Selection
    
End Sub


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That might work except I don't use word as my editor and the selected text is in the preview pane, not an open item. &nbsp;As such there is no active inspector. &nbsp;Any idea how to get at the preview pane?
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That might work except I don't use word as my editor and the selected text is in the preview pane, not an open item.  As such there is no active inspector.  Any idea how to get at the preview pane?

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Oh well. &nbsp;Thanks for your comments.<br />
<br />
Mike<br />

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Oh well.  Thanks for your comments.

Mike


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Is there any was to programatically get at whatever text is currently selected in Outlook? &nbsp;I tried VBA.SendKeys &quot;^c&quot; as a last resort but even that didn't work. &nbsp;Any ideas?<br />
<br />
Mike<br />

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Is there any was to programatically get at whatever text is currently selected in Outlook?  I tried VBA.SendKeys "^c" as a last resort but even that didn't work.  Any ideas?

Mike


Getting Selected Text From Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.