Search "outlook vba replace within selected text in email". CoPilot shows me code that invokes WordEditor object. Seems I've seen something like this long before AI. I've never coded behind Outlook so no idea how you establish a "button" to trigger code.
Here's the code as presented, not tested:
Code:
Sub ReplaceInSelectedText()
Dim objInspector As Outlook.Inspector
Dim objWordEditor As Object
Dim objSelection As Object
Dim selectedText As String
Dim replacedText As String
Dim searchText As String
Dim replaceText As String
' Get the current Inspector
Set objInspector = Application.ActiveInspector
' Ensure the Inspector is open and in compose mode
If Not objInspector Is Nothing And objInspector.EditorType = olEditorWord Then
' Access the Word editor
Set objWordEditor = objInspector.WordEditor
Set objSelection = objWordEditor.Application.Selection
' Get the selected text
selectedText = objSelection.Text
' Define the text to search for and replace
searchText = "oldWord" ' Replace with the word/phrase to search for
replaceText = "newWord" ' Replace with the word/phrase to replace with
' Replace the text
replacedText = Replace(selectedText, searchText, replaceText)
' Update the selection with the replaced text
objSelection.Text = replacedText
MsgBox "Text replaced successfully!", vbInformation
Else
MsgBox "Please ensure you are editing an email and have selected text.", vbExclamation
End If
End Sub