Want to use Outlook Out of Office ?
Outlook out of
office is a nice feature, being able to inform people when you’re not around.
To setup with
a generic rule Launch outlook > Tools Menu > Out of
Office Assistant
Select you
location, IN or OUT of the office
Select Add
Rule…
Ignore
everything until you get to
Perform these actions:
Now select
Reply with & Template..
You’ll now be
presented with a new Untitled email message
Fill in the
subject with the message title of your choice
Example..
John Smith is away
Fill in the
body of the message with the specifics
Example..
I am currently our of the office until the 14th of November, in my
absence please contact Jayne Doe
Once finished,
go to the File Menu > Save As…
Save as
type: Outlook Template (*.oft) > Save
Close the
template, “you’ll be asked to save again, say NO as it’s trying to save
it as an email draft”
Now you’re
back at the Edit Rule screen, click ok
You’ll now be
prompted with the message “This rule will fire for all incoming messages. Is
this what you want?”
Select yes
Select ok
to close the next dialogue box and your out of office is now setup
To turn office
assistant off Tools Menu > Out of Office Assistant
Errors
If you cannot
access out of office ? This happens when Out of office is enabled, but Outlook
either crashes or is not exited properly.
We then get
prompted with the following error
“ this command
is not available look at documentation, cannot access out of office “
To resolve
this
Open Outlook >
Help Menu > About Microsoft Office Outlook > Disabled
Items
Look for
Outlook Addin
outex.dll , select this and then click enable, now try Out of office
assistant again.
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