How to create a template for Outlook messages

To create a template, do the following:

   1.   On the Home tab, in the New group, click New Email to create a new mail message (or click Ctrl+N):

   2.   Leaving the To field blank, type the autoreply's subject into the Subject field and type the text you want to appear in the message body. For example:

   3.   After creating a message, click the File tab, and then click Save As:

   4.   In the Save As dialog box:

• Click the down arrow next to the Save as type field and choose Outlook Template (*.oft)
• Type a filename for your message in the File name field
• Then click Save:

Note: Outlook will automatically save the file to the default Templates location:

C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\*.oft

Sure, you can change the path like it shown above.

   5.   Click the Close button on the message window to close the message:

   6.   When prompted to save the message, click No:

Note: To create a message using a template, see How to create a message using the template.

See also this tip in French: Comment créer un modèle pour les messages Outlook.