This topic links to how-to and walkthrough topics for common Outlook scenarios.

"How Do I ..." is your gateway to key task-based topics about programming and application development using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. The essential categories for what you can do with Outlook are listed in this topic. The links provide pointers to important, procedure-based Help topics.

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Address Book

• How to: Display a Dialog Box for Selecting Entries from the Contacts Folder
• How to: Display Address Entry Details for the Sender of a Message
• How to: List the Groups that My Manager Belongs to
• How to: List the Name and Office Location of Each Manager Belonging to an Exchange Distribution List
• How to: Map a Display Name to an E-mail Address
• How to: Programatically Change the Display Format for All Contacts

Appointments

• How to: Import Appointment XML Data Into Outlook Appointment Objects

Context Menus

• How to: Add a New Navigation Group and Move a Folder into that Group
• How to: Add or Remove a Menu Item on a Context Menu
• How to: Customize a Context Menu to Support Moving Items between Calendars
• How to: Customize an Item Context Menu
• How to: Hide or Disable a Menu Item on a Context Menu

Electronic Business Cards

• How to: Share Contact Information Including the Business Card

Forms

Form Regions... Manipulating Controls in VBScript...

Folders and Stores

• How to: Delete All Items and Subfolders in the Deleted Items Folder
• How to: Enumerate Folders on All Stores
• How to: Enumerate Search Folders on All Stores
• How-to: Enumerate the Contacts Folder and Set Custom Property for only Contact Items
• How to: Obtain a Folder Object from a Folder Path

Mail Items

• How to: Send an E-mail Given the SMTP Address of an Account

Navigation

• How to: Add a Custom Folder to a Group and Display it in Overlay Mode by Default
• How to: Add a Folder to the Favorite Folders Group
• How to: Display Specific Modules in the Navigation Pane
• How to: Enumerate Active Folders in the Calendar View
• How to: Enumerate, Show, Hide, and Position Modules in the Navigation Pane
• How to: Set a Module as the Currently Selected Module in the Navigation Pane
• How to: Show or Hide the Navigation Pane

Rules

• How to: Create a Rule to Move Specific E-mails to a Folder

Search and Filter

• How to: Access the Values of a Multi-valued Property in a Table
• How to: Use the Table Object to Performantly Enumerate Filtered Items in a Folder
• How to: Filter Items that Do Not Have Categories
• How to: Filter the Body of a Mail Item
• How to: Search the Inbox for Items with Subject Containing "Office"
• How to: Search the Calendar for Appointments that Occur Partially or Entirely in a Given Time Period
• How to: Search the Calendar for Appointments Within a Date Range that Contain a Specific Word in the Subject
• How-to: Enumerate the Contacts Folder and Set Custom Property for only Contact Items

Sessions

• How to: Obtain and Log On to an Instance of Outlook

Sharing

• How to: Export a Calendar using Payload Sharing
• How to: Import Saved Items using OpenSharedItem
• How to: Send a Sharing Invitation for a Calendar
• How to: Send a Sharing Invitation for an RSS Feed

Solution Storage

• How to: Delete Data to Reset Solution Storage
• How to: Save Auto-Archive Properties of a Folder in Solution Storage
• How to: Store Data in a StorageItem for a Solution