

When you arrive in the “ Inside my organization” tab, you can type your personalized message that will be sent to anyone within your organization.


Then “Automatic Replies (Out of Office).”.Next, you’ll need to click on “Info” tab menu.Go into your account and click-on the “File” tab.Setting this feature doesn’t have to be overly complicated. If you have an Exchange account (and are running Microsoft Office Outlook 2019, Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010 and Outlook for Office 365) then you can use the “Automatic Replies (Out of Office)” and “Out of Office Assistant.” Here are a few other office 365 shortcuts to help you. Using the “Automatic Replies (Out of Office)” and “Out of Office Assistant.” Did you also know that you create out-of-office messages in your Outlook Calendar? If not, then you can refer back to this article the next time you’re unavailable. This message lets your email contacts know that you’re not in the office and when you’ll return. If you’re using Outlook you can create an automatic out-of-office message for email replies. So when you are setting up the rule and need to specify the message you want to send, you can add the template with the pre-written information.This productivity and politically correct hack is for when you’re on vacation, a business trip, or unavailable for other reasons. Give the template a name and click in the Save as type: list box and select Outlook Template then click Save. Under the Home tab in Outlook 2010, click New E-mailĮnter the information you would like the recipient to receive when you are out office:
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How to create the Out of Office Reply Template When you are satisfied with the results, click Next, then click Finish. Under Step 2 click the blue specified link to select a folder. You can have the specified messages moved to a folder to specific folder so you can quickly respond to them when you get back. (If don’t have a template setup, I will show you how at the end of the article).

In the Step 2 box, click the reply using a specific template link.īrowse to where you stored your specific Out of Office template on the hard disk and click Open. Click OK then click NextĬheck the box that says ‘reply using a specific template. Under Start from a blank rule click Apply rule on messages I receive, Click NextĬheck the boxes that says ‘ which is an automatic reply’ and ‘ received in a specific date span’ under Step 2: Edit the rule description (click an underlined value), click the blue link in a specific date spanĬlick in the After and Before list box and select the dates when you will not be available to respond. Also, this method will put your email in a special folder so that it’s easy to sort through when you get back.Ĭlick Info then click Message Rules & Alerts This will send an automatic reply telling your contacts that you are away from your PC, even when the computer is turned off, so that they know not to expect an immediate response. Say you are out in the field or off on vacation with your family wouldn’t you like your contacts to at least be aware of why you are not able to respond to them? If you connect to a Microsoft Exchange Server (which is Microsoft’s Enterprise Mail and Collaboration Server), then you can setup an Out of Office Reply in Microsoft Outlook using the ‘Out of Office Assistant’.
