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Hey, Scripting Guy! I read your article on filtering email messages in Microsoft Outlook, and it’s almost what I need, but not quite. What I really need to know is this: how can I filter Outlook messages by the email address of the person who sent the message?-- SJS Hey, SJS. Say, you weren’t by any chance at the Columbia Athletic Club this past...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I import an Excel spreadsheet into an Access database?-- IE Hey, IE. Wait! Don’t tell us; let us guess. Just a moment … we’re picking up the vibrations now … the sensation is getting stronger and more distinct … OK, got it: you’d like to know how to import an Excel spreadsheet into an Access database, wouldn’t you? Ar...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I save a table in an Access database as an Excel spreadsheet?-- OT Hey, OT. You know, we appreciate the question, but where were you last week, when we really needed you? The truth is, last week was excruciatingly dull, at least for two of the Scripting Guys. While Scripting Guy Jean Ross was busy battling ninja warri...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the members of a Microsoft Outlook distribution list?-- KH Hey, KH. You know, that’s an interesting question. As it turns out, you can – ow! Hey, let go! Ow! Stop it! Come on, give us a chance; we were just about to tell them! Ow! Um, excuse us. It has come to our attention that, due to a … production error...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a folder full of Word documents in which the author had an unfortunate tendency to use a strange font from time-to-time. How can I use a script to go in and replace just that strange font with Arial?-- Z D-F Hey, Z D-F. You know, when “desktop publishing” first came into vogue, the Scripting Guy who writes this column...