Print Tools for Outlook 1.7.5 - Outlook Add-On

The Bottom Line

Print Tools for Outlook prints messages together with any attachments (zipped files are unpacked for printing) either comfortably via a wizard or automatically via Outlook rules. It's a pity you cannot customize the template used for printing much, and Print Tools for Outlook does not give any preview.

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Pros

• Print Tools for Outlook prints messages plus attachments in Outlook
• You can automate Print Tools for Outlook printing flexibly using Outlook's rules engine
• Print Tools for Outlook can automatically decompress zipped attachments for printing

Cons

• Print Tools for Outlook does not allow you to customize the print template
• Print preview is lacking from Print Tools for Outlook

Description

• Print Tools for Outlook prints email messages and attachments in Outlook.
• You can print using Print Tools for Outlook toolbar icons or automatically using Outlook rules.
• Print Tools for Outlook automatically unpacks compressed attachment.
• The extensions of attached files that are printed can be customized in Print Tools for Outlook.
• Print Tools for Outlook supports Windows 98/ME/2000/3/XP/Vista and Outlook 2000/2/3/7.

Guide Review - Print Tools for Outlook 1.7.5 - Outlook Add-On

Outlook can print emails, of course. You can even set up a rule to have certain emails sent to the printer automatically, which is more than most users need.

You, however, need more. You need to print attachments, too, and multiple emails in a row, and possibly attached files that have been zipped.

Print Tools for Outlook does all that in an elegant and simple manner. A wizard or easily accessible toolbar buttons let you print any combination of emails with or without attachments in two formats fast. Using a "custom action" in Outlook rules, the process can be automated flexibly.

Print Tools for Outlook will dutifully print messages and any type of attached file fit to print (the file extensions used to determine that can be customized).

Unfortunately, you do not get a preview when printing manually with Print Tools for Outlook. This is usually a minor point, though, as is my other gripe with Outlook as much as with Print Tools for Outlook: the template used for printing emails, while nice, cannot be customized in any way.

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