Question about Microsoft Outlook emails

[2manyrocks]

That's easy for a guy with 20,708 posts to say.....

 

[Soundguy]

I've done alot of typing the past few decades... mouse clicks are even easier than typing..

soundguy

 

[tallyho8]

right click and add address to address book.. make a seperate contact list. like amailing list..soundguy

I have Outlook 2003. I do not think this feature is available for me. If it is, I don't know how to do it.

EDIT: I just figured out how to do it. I think the software I bought to do it for $25 was a much easier way to go.

 

[MossRoad]

I tried it and it took 6 clicks....
Two to open the e-mail.
One right click on the e-mail address.
One on the option to save it to the Contacts list.
One to save and close the new contact.
One to close the e-mail.

That's 4800 clicks. At 2 clicks per second and with mouse relocation(assuming proficiency with a mouse) that's 2400 seconds, divided by 60 = 40 minutes for a professional mousist to knock out the job if they only spent 3 seconds on each of the 800 messages.

(too much time on my hands )

 

[Soundguy]

I tried it and it took 6 clicks....
Two to open the e-mail.
One right click on the e-mail address.
One on the option to save it to the Contacts list.
One to save and close the new contact.
One to close the e-mail.

That's 4800 clicks. At 2 clicks per second and with mouse relocation(assuming proficiency with a mouse) that's 2400 seconds, divided by 60 = 40 minutes for a professional mousist to knock out the job if they only spent 3 seconds on each of the 800 messages.

(too much time on my hands )

Wow.. you did it the brutal and hard / slow way.

Try this.. from the preview window where all your emails are listed.. right click on the sender, and hold the button down... when the dialog box comes up.. there should be an option at the bottom to add sender to the address book.. move to it and release the button.

thus one click.. and a couple inches relocation on the screen.. (which if you have any balistic settings at all on your mouse.. means about 1/4" of movement of your hand.)

Probably do 2 of those a second.... thus 7 minutes ( 6.67) of steady work.. or call it 10 for those with non supple fingers.... way faster than 40 minutes for the stone knives and bear skin approach of opening and closing each message and all that other stuff!

soundguy

 

[MossRoad]

Wow.. you did it the brutal and hard / slow way.

Try this.. from the preview window where all your emails are listed.. right click on the sender, and hold the button down... when the dialog box comes up.. there should be an option at the bottom to add sender to the address book.. move to it and release the button.

thus one click.. and a couple inches relocation on the screen.. (which if you have any balistic settings at all on your mouse.. means about 1/4" of movement of your hand.)

Probably do 2 of those a second.... thus 7 minutes ( 6.67) of steady work.. or call it 10 for those with non supple fingers.... way faster than 40 minutes for the stone knives and bear skin approach of opening and closing each message and all that other stuff!

soundguy

When I right click and hold it down, nothing happens at all. I have to let go to get a menu, and then there is no option to add the sender to the address book. It's Outlook 2003.

 

[Soundguy]

When I right click and hold it down, nothing happens at all. I have to let go to get a menu, and then there is no option to add the sender to the address book. It's Outlook 2003.

Actually part of that is my goof.. I have one mouse button programmed as a right click for ease.. yes.. so yes.. you do have to right click then release.. then click again for ading to the address book.

I'll have to see what ver of outlook I'm using.. might be 97? dunno...

( I know it works in express similalrly. i use that at work on my laptop.. )

soundguy

 

[tallyho8]

I tried it and it took 6 clicks....
Two to open the e-mail.
One right click on the e-mail address.
One on the option to save it to the Contacts list.
One to save and close the new contact.
One to close the e-mail.

That's 4800 clicks. At 2 clicks per second and with mouse relocation(assuming proficiency with a mouse) that's 2400 seconds, divided by 60 = 40 minutes for a professional mousist to knock out the job if they only spent 3 seconds on each of the 800 messages.

(too much time on my hands )

Yes, with Outlook 2003, I must open the email first and click on the address before choosing the option which does slow things down.

Mousist? Wow, another new word for my vernacular. Being not too far from New Orleans, after Katrina I added a lot of words to my knowledge, such as FEMA, MREs, dewatering, recovery czar, etc but it seems the most new words I learn are all computer related.

 

[MossRoad]

Yes, with Outlook 2003, I must open the email first and click on the address before choosing the option which does slow things down.

Mousist? Wow, another new word for my vernacular. Being not too far from New Orleans, after Katrina I added a lot of words to my knowledge, such as FEMA, MREs, dewatering, recovery czar, etc but it seems the most new words I learn are all computer related.

I was joking about the professional mousist, as a professional typist would probably use keystrokes instead of reaching for the mouse. We had one professional typist left here that retired last Jan. Last of the line. She placed in many national competitions. Close to 200 words a minute at her prime. When we first got computers it was fun to watch her type for 10-15 seconds, stop typing and have a drink of coffee while the computer caught up to her words! She crashed many an expensive box! But, like John Henry, the machines finally caught up to her. At least she didn't lay down her keyboard and die.