Click on that, and assign the keyboard shortcut you would like.įor reference and comparison here is the original VBA script I was trying to emulate on Mac.In the Keyboard Shortcuts editor choose “Services” on the left, then go to the bottom under the “General” section where you will find your new service.Go to Keyboard Shortcuts either from Outlook Menu->Outlook->Services->Services Preferences or from System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts->Services.The service will be saved under ~/Library/Services/ yourservicename.Play around with the “File” menu at the top of the screen and do some googling. It’s not obvious how to “Save As” in Automator. Save the service, giving it a name like MoveSelectedOutlookMailToArchive. At the top of the service, set the two settings to: Service receives no input in any application From the left panel, choose Library, then in the second panel from the long list find “Run Applescript”, and drag that into the main service window.Ĭopy and paste your Applescript replacing (* Your script goes here *).You will create a service from your script. In Automator, choose a type for your document, choose.Press Command-Tab to launch Spotlight Search, from there launch.Step 2 – Assign the Applescript to a Service using Automator

Repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages Set ArchiveFolder to folder 'IZ - Archive' of inbox Set inBoxFolder to folder 'Inbox' of emailAcct Set aMessage to item 1 of selectedMessages if there are no messages selected, warn the user and then quitĭisplay dialog 'Please select a message first and then run this script.' with icon 1 NOTE in this version it fails if the Outlook Reminder window is open, even if you select a message in the main window. get the currently selected message or messages There’s lots of room for improvement here. This script moves the currently selected email(s) to a folder named “IZ – Archive”. Look elsewhere for help on changing this to do exactly what you want. In menu bar” and also “Show Computer scripts”. In preferences choose General, and check (enable) “Show Script menu Then in the menu at the top choose Script Editor->Preferences. You have to be in the script editor first, Optional: Install a shortcut to the script editor in theĪpple menu as follows.Press Command-Tab to launch Spotlight Search, type “Script Editor” to.Step 1 – Write Applescript to move selected Outlook item to Archive Also shown below for reference is the original VBA I was trying to emulate on Mac. I'm including the Applescript here that moves selected Outlook emails to an archive folder. On Mac this is done with Applescript, Automator, and Keyboard Shortcuts. Thanks to those who pointed me in the right direction. Here is a way in Outlook 2016 on Mac to do the equivalent of Windows 'Write a VB script and assign it to a key'.

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