Easily add part of an open document to an Outlook item (2003/2007)

Let’s say you have an open Word document and you’d like to include part of it in an email message. Would you copy the text from the Word document, launch a new Message form in Outlook, click in the message area of the form, and then paste the text?


Well, here’s a faster way:

1. Reduce the size of the Word document window by clicking the Restore Down button in the top-right corner of the window.
2. Highlight the information in Word that you’d like to add to your email message.
3. Drag the highlighted text to the Mail icon on the Navigation Pane in 2003/2007, or drag it to the Inbox folder in the Folders List in any version.

A new Message form automatically launches with the text inserted into the message body area of the form and the cursor ready to go in the To field.

Use this same technique to add information to a Contact, a Task, a Note, a Meeting, or an Appointment form. Just drag the text to the respective icon in the Navigation Pane in 2003/2007, or to the appropriate folder in the Folder List in any version.