Feb 20, 2014 - See how to create, save and use Outlook email templates. How to reply with template in Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010 and lower or automatically.
Create and edit templates in Outlook Replying to similar emails on a daily basis you are sure to have the text you can copy and paste to yet another typical email. Instead of this copy-paste routine, you can select the needed text fragment in the message body and save it in the list of your templates in a click. How to create an email template You can either create a new template using an existing email or add one from scratch. Make a new template using text from an existing email. Open the Outlook email that contains text for a new template.
Select the text that will be your template. For example, if you want to create an Outlook signature template, select the corresponding part of the text in your email. In case you need to create an HTML template in Outlook, your message should be in this format. Click the Plus icon in the add-in pane and select the New template option: It's also possible to right-click the place in the templates tree where you'd like to have the new template and select the New template option from the menu. How to create an Outlook template from scratch.
Open a new message window in Outlook so that you can see the add-in's pane. Click on the New template icon. You will see a dialog box with two fields: the template name and its text. Enter the title for the new template into the Template name field. This can be a short summary that lets you quickly find the template when you need it:. Type the text of the template into the bigger field below.
You can add the necessary formatting. You'll find all basic formatting options on the toolbar at the top of the text box. How to use macros in your templates Macros will help you in executing routine operations in Outlook.
For example, they allow creating templates with attachments, so that each time you insert a certain template in an Outlook message you don't have to add a particular file. Or using macros you can enter the same address into the TO field; there are many more useful things you can do with template macros:.
To insert a macro, select the template in the list and click Edit. It's also possible to add a macro when you are creating a new text pattern. Click on the Insert macros button at the bottom of the Edit template window:. Insert the macros you need into the template.
Click Save in the editor window to save changes. Macros and their descriptions %ADDBCC= pastes the specified email address/es to the BCC field. If there are any emails entered, they will be kept. %ADDCC= adds the necessary email to the CC field keeping any current addresses. %ADDTO= enters an address you specify into the TO line. It will appear along with any current emails in this field.
%ATTACHFILE= With this macro, you can create a template with attachment to automatically insert a file each time you paste the template into Outlook. Once you insert this macro, you'll see the Windows Explorer window where you can browse for the file to be attached. After you select the file and click OK, the macro will contain the file path after =, e.g.: %ATTACHFILE=C: Program Files Add-in Express AddIns Template Phrases for Microsoft Outlook readme.txt Now each time you paste this template into an e-mail message, the file will be attached and you'll get a confirmation window about it. You can disable confirmation if you like. Please note that the pre-populated text cannot contain more than 254 characters.
%ATTACHMENTS Use this macro in Outlook template for inserting a list of attachments into the message text. Each time you use a template with this macro, all the attachment names will be listed in the message body.
%TO inserts the display name of a contact from the TO field into the of a message body. You can start a template with 'Hi %TO,' and each time you insert it, the macro will be replaced with the recipient display name, e.g.
%BCC inserts the address(es) from the BCC field into the message. %BEHALFOFNAME allows entering an email address to automatically send certain emails on behalf of another person. %CC inserts the address(es) from the CC field into the email. %CLEARSIGNATURE will be really helpful if you have certain signature pasted automatically, but there are several templates that require a different one. With this macro in your template, the current signature will be deleted and you will not need to do it manually. %SUBJECT inserts the contents of the Subject field into the message.
%CLIPBOARD inserts the clipboard item into the message. Please note that this macro pastes only text, it doesn't work with pictures or graphical objects. %DATE inserts the current date. %TIME inserts the current time. %FILLTO= will fill in the TO field with the email address you enter after =, e.g. Please note that any current email address will be deleted. %FILLCC= = will fill in the CC field with the email address you enter after =, e.g.
All current addresses in this line will be removed. %FILLBCC= will fill in the BCC field with the email address you enter after =, e.g. Any current BCC addresses will be removed.
%FILLSUBJECT= will fill in the Subject field with the text you enter after =, e.g. %FILLSUBJECT=Sample Subject. Now each time you insert the template with this macro into an Outlook message, the subject will be set to the one you entered. %FROMACCOUNT= lets you specify the preferred From address.
It's possible to enter the email address manually if it's not in your Account Settings. Please note that the behavior of this macro depends on your Outlook and Exchange settings.
%SELECTED is for similar e-mails with some text that may vary, like the product name, price, etc. Just highlight the text that needs to be used this time before inserting the template with this macro and %SELECTED is replaced with the selection. For example, instead of creating a number of templates like these:.
Our Template Phrases for Microsoft Outlook is compatible with. Our Auto BCC for Microsoft Outlook is compatible with. Our Attachments Alarm is compatible with. We create just one template: Our %SELECTED is compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2016, 2013-2007. So when we reply to a question about the compatibility of the Template Phrases with Outlook, we copy the add-in's name from the customer's question, paste it to our reply message and highlight it. Then we double-click on the template and get: Our Template Phrases is compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2016, 2013-2007. %INSERTRECIPIENTFIRSTNAME inserts the first name of the recipient if their contacts are saved in Outlook Contacts (the panel in the lower left corner of your Outlook).
%INSERTRECIPIENTFULLNAME inserts the full name of the recipient if their contacts are saved in Outlook Contacts. %INSERTTEMPLATE lets you enter a name of a template in brackets and insert it within and another template. Then if you change the source template, this macro will automatically paste the updated version so that you don't need to change it in each text snippet. %SWITCHTOHTML converts your email to the HTML format when you insert the template. %CURSOR will position the cursor at the needed place within your message.
For example, after Hello, so that you can instantly enter the name of the recipient. %INSERTRECIPIENTLASTNAME inserts the last name of the recipient if their contacts are saved in Outlook Contacts. Paste a template into the message You can use a specific template in your email, assign a shortcut to a template, use templates automatically, or select a paste option. Use a specific template in your email If you need to reply to a message using a particular email template, you can choose one of the following ways:.
Double-click on the email template in the tree. Select a template and click the Paste icon to the left of it. Select a template in the template tree and click the Paste icon in the toolbar. Select a template in the template tree, right-click it, or click on the icon with 3 dots to the right of it and select the Paste option. Assign a shortcut to an Outlook template You can easily assign a keyboard shortcut to a specific template and have it inserted into the message by pressing a hotkey. Select the email template in the list and click Edit. Click on a little arrow next to the Shortcut: field at the bottom of the Edit template window:.
Select a shortcut for the template from the drop-down list. There are 10 shortcuts available from Ctrl+Shift+9 to Ctrl+Shift+0. Click Save in the Edit template window to confirm the changes. The templates with shortcuts are marked with numbers from 1 to 10 in the template tree.
Insert templates automatically when you create a message There is an even easier way to use your email templates in Outlook - assigning a special shortcut to your template: New, Reply, Reply to All or Forward. Such templates will be inserted automatically when you create a new message, write a reply, etc.:. Select the template in the list and click on the Edit icon. Click on a little arrow next to the Shortcut: field at the bottom of the Edit template window:. There are 4 special shortcuts you can choose from the drop-down list:.
Select New if you'd like the template to be inserted into all new email messages by default. Select Reply if you want the template to be inserted into all replies you create. Choose Reply to All if you need the template each time you click Reply All. Select Forward for the template to be available in all forwarded messages.
Pick the shortcut you need. Click Save to confirm the changes.
The templates with shortcuts are marked with the respective message icon in the template tree so that you can reply using a specific template in a click! How to manage templates tree in Outlook Here you will learn how to create a new folder in the templates tree, edit folder names, delete a template, and move templates and folders. Create a new folder in the templates tree If you use email templates in Outlook on a daily basis, you should have dozens of them. So it can be a good idea to organize them into folders. To create a new folder in the template tree, select the place in the template tree where you want to have it, and click three dots on the right side of the pane: In the drop-down menu, select the New folder item: You can also right-click the place in the templates tree where you'd like to have the new folder and pick New folder. Right in the tree, enter the new folder name.
Move email templates/folders To change the position of an email template or folder, just drag and drop it to the place where you want it to be. If you want to rearrange or organize lots of Outlook templates and folders, benefit from the Manage Templates option:. Open Outlook and go to the Ablebits.com tab. Click on the Manage Templates icon. The Template Phrases pane will open in a new window.
You can change the size of this window and organize or rearrange the text templates the way you like. Before exporting and importing the Shared templates folder, please make sure that all users of companywide templates have the same version of the program. You can check it if you click in the About icon on the add-in pane:.
Create a folder with the Outlook templates you want to share. Select the folder, right-click it and select the Export the selected folder option: You can also right-click the folder in the template list and select the Export the selected folder option. Save the.DATA file to any location accessible by all users who need to work with the shared templates.
Work with shared Outlook templates Follow these steps when your Outlook templates are in a shared network drive. Select the folder, right-click it, and select the Add shared templates option:.
Browse for the file with shared templates, select it, and click OK. You will see the folder with shared templates at the end of your template tree. Any changes you make to these templates will be available to all users. If your shared templates folder is stored in Dropbox or OneDrive, the other users need to make sure the folder is synced up to their local disc and reopen the Template Phrases pane. Protect company-wide templates from changing in Outlook When you share Outlook templates, it can be a good idea to protect them from any changes, accidental or not. By default, you can edit Shared Templates the same way you edit your own.
If you want to keep templates stored on a shared network drive, please set the read-only attribute for the file:. Right-click the file with shared templates in Windows Explorer and select Properties. You'll see the Read-only checkbox at the bottom of the window; select it and click OK.
You can also set Permission level to Read only for the folder that contains the file. Once you do this, your file with the shared templates will become read-only.
Copy and back up the folder with your Outlook templates You can retrieve your lost or deleted template file in Outlook 2016 - 2007. The folder with your templates is stored here:. If you have Windows 7 or Vista: C: Users USER ACCOUNT AppData Roaming Add-in Express Template Phrases for Microsoft Outlook. If you have Windows XP: C: Documents and Settings USER ACCOUNT Local Settings Application Data Add-in Express Template Phrases for Microsoft Outlook If Application Data or AppData Folder is hidden, please do the following:. Select Tools-Folder Options.
In the Explorer menu. Go to the View Tab. Click Show hidden files and folders, click OK. If you lose your templates, please follow these steps:. Close Outlook. Place the backed up folder with your email templates to the same location on your PC.
Start Outlook - your templates should be recovered. How to find templates in Outlook The Search field allows you to find the correct text snippet in seconds without scrolling up and down the template tree:. In the Search field, type the keyword(s) that appear either in the title or in the body of the template you are looking for:. As you type, all matching templates are listed in the Template Phrases pane:. Your search entries are saved. If you want to find Outlook templates you looked for earlier, you can access them by clicking a little arrow next to the Search field.
How to work with favorite templates in Outlook When you use templates in Outlook every day, it can be handy to pick favorite templates and arrange them the way you like: have them all in one folder or organize them into any number of folders. You can even create a shortcut to your favorite Outlook templates.
If you want to use a template as favorite, select it in the templates tree or in the list with the search results. Click the Add to Favorites icon in the Template Phrases toolbar: The template will be added to the list in the Favorites tab. To delete a template from Favorites, click the Remove from Favorites icon or right-click the template and select the Remove from Favorites option.
How to manage the Template Phrases options Here you can learn how to take advantage of the Template Phrases options. Pane options The Template Phrases pane is also available when you are just reading messages.
Thus, you can create email templates based on the messages already written and sent by you or your correspondents. Do the following to see the Templates pane in all types of messages:. Click on three dots at the bottom left corner of the pane and choose Options from the menu list:.
Open the Pane tab in the Template Phrases Options window:. Check Show pane when reading messages and click OK. If you want to change the position of the pane in your messages, select the Show the pane on the left or Show the pane on the right radio button and click OK. Disable and enable confirmations When working with the templates for Outlook, you may see two confirmation dialog boxes: one asking if you are sure you want to delete a template or a folder and the other letting you know if the %ATTACHFILE= macro worked and if the file was added.
You can disable or enable these confirmations:. Open the Options dialog box. Open the Confirmations tab:. Select the checkbox next to the confirmation to disable it or unselect the checkbox to enable the confirmation and click OK.
For diagnostic purposes, Template Phrases for Outlook contains an option that turns on the logging of the add-in's work. To enable logging, just tick off the Log information about the add-in's work checkbox. Search options You can specify the number of saved search requests and clear the list:. Open the Options dialog box.
Open the Search tab:. You can specify the number of search requests to be saved in the Remember the last. Field; just enter the number or click the up and down arrows next to it. If you want to delete all previous search requests, pick Clear the list and click OK. When you search a template, you can choose to either find texts and folder names that contain the key words, or display folders that have the key words along with their contents.
Check Show folders with their contents in the search results for the second option. Recent templates options The most recently used Outlook templates are added to the Recent tab automatically. You can clear the list, specify the way you want to sort the templates and define the number of templates you want to see in this tab:. Open the Options dialog box. Open the Recent tab:. You can sort the recent templates by a frequency of use, name or simply by last used ones.
Just select one of the criteria from the drop-down list. You can specify the number of recent template texts you see in the Remember the last. Field; just enter the number or click the up and down arrows next to it.
If you want to delete all the Outlook template texts that you see listed in the Recent tab, pick Clear the list and click OK. Hi, Peter, Thank you for your question! I'm really sorry that you are having difficulties with our add-in.
This week we have published the new version of Template Phrases for Outlook where some issues were fixed, including the one you described. Please install the latest update, version 2018.1.96.7276, and check if you have the same problem with the new version. Please do the following: 1.
Uninstall the current version of the add-in via Control Panel - Programs and Features. NOTE: please make sure to copy the templates.data file to some location on your PC in order not to lose your templates during re-installation.
By default, the file with your templates is stored in the following folder: C: Users USERNAME AppData Roaming Add-in Express Template Phrases for Microsoft Outlook 2. Download and install the latest version of Template Phrases using this direct link: 3. Open Outlook and try to reproduce the issue.
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Outlook for Office 365 for Mac Outlook 2016 for Mac Outlook 2019 for Mac Updated: March 2018 Save an email message as a template. Select the email message you want to use as a template. Select File Save As Template. Provide a name for the template, such as 'Monthly Status'. Apply a tag if desired. Choices are Red, Blue, Important, Work, and so on.
Select the location where you want the template to be saved. Select Save. Create a new email message from a template. Select File New Email From Template. Select the template location and name. The name will end with.emltpl.
Select Open. Add your email message content and recipients, and click Send. System requirements This feature is available worldwide to:. Office 365 subscribers.
Users with version 15.35 (170610) and later of Outlook for Mac See Also.