Out of Office template

[Annie1904]

I use Out of Office Assistant a lot, but don't use the same message each
time. Mostly, I advise senders to contact one or more of my colleagues if
they can't get me, but for varfious reasons it's not always the same
colleagues.

I get really frustrated because I have to type in all of these e-mail
addresses, over and over again. What I would really like is an option to
paste the message (cut perhaps from a list of options, prepared that I keep
elsewhere) or better still to have a list of options within Out of Office
Assistant - a bit like e-mail signatures.

Maybe these options already exist and I can't see them? Maybe I'm just
being too kind to my senders by spoonfeeding them this info?

I do use rules to add a further message to specific senders, e.g. my chums
when I'm on holiday - detailing just what marvellous fun I'm up to in some
fab place, just to make them jealous! But obviously this can't work for
general responses.

Suggestions, anyone?

 

[F.H. Muffman]

I use Out of Office Assistant a lot, but don't use the same message

each time. Mostly, I advise senders to contact one or more of my
colleagues if they can't get me, but for varfious reasons it's not
always the same colleagues.

I get really frustrated because I have to type in all of these e-mail
addresses, over and over again. What I would really like is an option
to paste the message (cut perhaps from a list of options, prepared
that I keep elsewhere) or better still to have a list of options
within Out of Office Assistant - a bit like e-mail signatures.

Maybe these options already exist and I can't see them? Maybe I'm
just being too kind to my senders by spoonfeeding them this info?

I do use rules to add a further message to specific senders, e.g. my
chums when I'm on holiday - detailing just what marvellous fun I'm up
to in some fab place, just to make them jealous! But obviously this
can't work for general responses.

Suggestions, anyone?

Type them in notepad, save them and just copy/paste in when you need?

 

[Annie1904]

Errr . . . no! Copy and Paste is not an option in the message box. That’s
why I'm posing my enquiry.

 

[F.H. Muffman]

I use Out of Office Assistant a lot, but don't use the same message

Errr . . . no! Copy and Paste is not an option in the message box.
That's why I'm posing my enquiry.

Errr, Control-V doesn't work

 

[Annie1904]

Oh, wow! It works! Sorry, I am such an icon fan I always forget about
keystrokes. This is fab and will be such a benefit to me. Thank you, FH
Muffman, for taking the time to answer.

 

[Mads]

Hi Annie1904,

Although this is not related to the current thread, I have been looking
through the discussion group, and noticed back in August 2005, you posted a
comment "Currently I save e-mails as word files in a shared folder at work."

This is something I have been wanting to do for a loong time, but never been
able to figure out how to. I am using Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business
Edition with Outlook 2007, and would like if you'd be able to tell me how to
save an Outlook message as a Word document.

Thanking you in anticipation,

Kind regards