27.3. The Bottom Line

Work with application-level events. Event handlers are procedures that contain code that responds to an event. In other words, if a user modifies one of her contacts, an event can detect this modification and execute code you've written to respond to the modification.

Master It Event handler procedures are unlike ordinary macro procedures in several ways. Name one of the differences.

Work with item-level events. Outlook has two primary kinds of events.

Master It What are the two types of events in Outlook? And how do they differ?

Work with Outlook bar events. You can respond to user interaction with Outlook's bar by writing code in the bar's events.

Master It Name one of the ways that Outlook's bar events can be employed by the developer.