Outlook - Creating and Accessing Templates
A guide to create templates in your individual email account
By default, the My Templates add-in is turned on.
Creating an Outlook Template for an Individual Account
Using classic Outlook
- Log in to outlook.office.com
- Click on New at the top of the window to compose a new email message
- Select the document with a lightening bolt in the lower right hand corner
- This will open My Templates, some pre-populated templates are already included, a new template can be created by selecting + Template
- If pre-existing templates exit in a different mail platform, they can be copy and pasted
- Hyperlinks should remain in copy and pasted text
- Click Save when completed
Using new Outlook
- Log in to outlook.office.com
- Click on + New Message in the upper left hand corner to compose a new email message
- Select the three dots located at the bottom of the message to the right of send and discard
- Select My Templates (has image of document with a lightening bolt)
- This will open My Templates, some pre-populated templates are already included, a new template can be created by selecting + Template
- If pre-existing templates exit in a different mail platform, they can be copy and pasted
- Hyperlinks should remain in copy and pasted text
- Click Save when completed
Inserting an Outlook Template for an Individual Account
- Follow most of the steps above until step 5
- Select the desired Template, it will populate the body of the email
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