# MS Outlook - print e-mail w/o To: names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-print-e-mail-w-o-to-names/528592>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-print-e-mail-w-o-to-names/528592 "2010-02-11T20:26:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-print-e-mail-w-o-to-names/528592/1 "2010-02-11T20:26:37Z")

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I get e-mails with tons of names in the To: field, pages sometimes.

Can I print these in Outlook without the names of all the people the e-mail is adressed to?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-print-e-mail-w-o-to-names/528592/2 "2010-02-11T20:31:40Z")

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I’m assuming you don’t want to do a “Save as”, create an HTML or TXT document, and then edit the document before printing?

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**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-print-e-mail-w-o-to-names/528592/3 "2010-02-11T23:58:12Z")

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Highlight the body of the email. Then go to Print and there should be a spot called “selection.” Pick that, and just what you have highlighted will print.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-print-e-mail-w-o-to-names/528592/4 "2010-02-12T14:51:28Z")

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> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#):
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> I’m assuming you don’t want to do a “Save as”, create an HTML or TXT document, and then edit the document before printing?

Not really - I was hoping to print directly from Outlook but just suppress the To: field.

> [@Dusty\_Rose](#):
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> Highlight the body of the email. Then go to Print and there should be a spot called “selection.” Pick that, and just what you have highlighted will print.

Unfortunately that also prints all the names in the To: field.

SOL I guess ☹

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**Author:** ![Vorpal\_Blade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de0a6/32.png) [@Vorpal\_Blade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vorpal_Blade)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-print-e-mail-w-o-to-names/528592/5 "2010-02-12T15:33:04Z")

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> [@zoid](#):
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> Not really - I was hoping to print directly from Outlook but just suppress the To: field.
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> Unfortunately that also prints all the names in the To: field.
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> SOL I guess ☹

Cut-and-paste?

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**Author:** ![tallcoldone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tallcoldone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallcoldone)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-outlook-print-e-mail-w-o-to-names/528592/6 "2010-02-12T17:30:29Z")

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Forward the email, but don’t click Send - all the stuff in the original email is now editable. Delete all the stuff you don’t want, then print.