Mark and preface comments in replies and forwards

Outlook 365
When you answer questions or comment some points of the received message, it helps to include an indicator so that the person reading your message will know exactly what topic you're responding to.

To tag your replies with your name, follow these steps:

Example of comments in Outlook 2016

   1.   On the File tab, click the Options button:

Outlook 2016 options

   2.   On the Mail tab, under Replies and forwards, select Preface Comments With: check box. In the Preface Comments With text box, type the text you want to accompany your annotations:

Replies and forwards in Outlook 2016

Your best bet is to enter your name here. Whatever you enter will be used as the prefix to all the text you type when you reply to messages.

   3.   Click OK.

See also this tip in French: Comment ajouter des commentaires aux réponses ou transferts.

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Mark and preface comments in replies and forwards

Mark and preface comments in replies and forwards

When you answer questions or comment some points of the received message, it helps to include an indicator so that the person reading your message will know exactly what topic you're responding to.
Mark and preface comments in replies and forwards

Mark and preface comments in replies and forwards

Just like reviewing Word documents, it is convenient to add your comments to the body of the received message in Outlook correspondence. When answering questions or commenting on aspects of a message you have received, it is helpful to include an indicator (mark, preface) so that the person reading your message knows exactly what topic is being answered by whom.
How to redirect replies

How to redirect replies

On replies to emails, the response (replying message) is returned, by default, to the sender of the email. In some business processes or projects, creating messages with responses collected by someone other than the message creator is often necessary.