OL2000: How to Print a Selection of a Message

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There may be times when you want to print a section of an e-mail message. Outlook does not provide the facility to do this directly. You can, however, set Microsoft Word as your default e-mail editor.

Set Word as Your Default E-mail Editor

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Under Message format on the Mail Format tab, click to select "Use Microsoft Word to edit e-mail messages."
   
   Note: If the "Send in this message format:" is set to plain text with Word is set as the e-mail editor, you will not see the Word Print dialog box and you will not have the option to print the Selection. The "Send in this message format:" must be set to Microsoft Outlook Rich Text for these steps to work.
3. Click OK.

NOTE: This only applies to Microsoft Word 2000.

Print a Selection

1. Open an e-mail message and click to select the section of text. NOTE: The first time you open an e-mail message, a prompt will appear stating "Starting Word as your e-mail editor.
2. On the File menu, click Print.
3. In the Page Range box, click Selection.
4. Click OK to print.