Drag to right area of window the action Get Selected Outlook Items
Drag to right area of window the action Run AppleScript. Left it as is.
Go to “File” menu and save service as “Get Selected Outlook Items”.
Now try following. Returns it selected Outlook items or not? :
set thePath to "" & (path to library folder from user domain) & "Services:Get Selected Outlook Items.workflow"
do shell script "/usr/bin/automator '" & POSIX path of thePath & "'"
@KniazidisR - Sadly this action “Get Selected Outlook Items” seems not available and missing in Automator on my system with the newest Outlook for Mac (Version 16.49). Only “Get Selected Mail Items” is available.
This means that the new Outlook is an inferior product, a surrogate. It is written for the Mac with no AppleScript support or service support. I just don’t buy it. Sorry you already spent on a bad product.
Actually, I like Apple’s Mail.app better. So far, it suffers from a lack of automation for exporting messages as PDF
Therefore, before better times came, I wrote a script for myself here using the minimal GUI code (important for the longevity of the solution). 3 clicks only. Select message, run this:
-- Mail.app part (load remote content, open message, get its subject)
tell application "Mail"
activate
set download html attachments to true -- load remote content as well
set aMessage to item 1 of (get selection)
set theSubject to subject of aMessage
open aMessage
end tell
-- replace every ":" symbol in theSubject with "_"
set {ATID, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, ":"}
set {itemList, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {text items of theSubject, "_"}
set {theSubject, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {itemList as text, ATID}
-- build destination file's HFS path
set theFile to (((path to desktop folder) as text) & theSubject & ".pdf")
-- GUI scripting part (3 clicks)
tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Mail"
click menu item "Print…" of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
repeat until menu button "PDF" of sheet 1 of window 1 exists
delay 0.2
end repeat
click menu button "PDF" of sheet 1 of window 1
click menu item "Open in Preview" of menu 1 of menu button "PDF" of sheet 1 of window 1
end tell
-- Preview.app part (save as pdf)
tell application "Preview"
repeat until document 1 exists
delay 0.2
end repeat
save document 1 in file theFile
quit
end tell
-- Mail.app part (close message's window)
tell application "Mail" to close window 1
Here is version without using Preview.app. But its GUI part contains 5 operations: 3 clicks, 1 setting textfield value, and 1 keystroke:
-- Mail.app part (load remote content, open message, get its subject)
tell application "Mail"
activate
set download html attachments to true -- load remote content as well
set aMessage to item 1 of (get selection)
set theSubject to subject of aMessage
open aMessage
end tell
-- replace every ":" symbol in theSubject with "_"
set {ATID, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {AppleScript's text item delimiters, ":"}
set {itemList, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {text items of theSubject, "_"}
set {theSubject, AppleScript's text item delimiters} to {itemList as text, ATID}
-- build destination file's Posix path
set theFile to ((POSIX path of (path to desktop folder) as text) & theSubject & ".pdf")
-- GUI scripting part (3 clicks, 1 textfield value setting, 1 keystroke)
tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Mail"
click menu item "Export as PDF…" of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
repeat until text field 1 of sheet 1 of window 1 exists
delay 0.2
end repeat
keystroke "g" using {shift down, command down}
repeat until combo box 1 of sheet 1 of sheet 1 of window 1 exists
delay 0.2
end repeat
set value of combo box 1 of sheet 1 of sheet 1 of window 1 to theFile
click UI element "Go" of sheet 1 of sheet 1 of window 1
repeat while combo box 1 of sheet 1 of sheet 1 of window 1 exists
delay 0.2
end repeat
repeat until sheet 1 of window 1 exists
delay 0.2
end repeat
click UI element "Save" of sheet 1 of window 1
end tell
-- Mail.app part (close message's window)
tell application "Mail" to close windows
The current version of MSO (16.49) still has AppleScript support. JavaScript and Objective-C have been added. In contrast, the Automator Actions have been removed since Office 2016. The old ones (from previous installations) still ran as long as it is a 32-bit system.
never the less many of us stuck with it for work reasons.