Using templates to facilitate more versatile E-mail Distribution

To create an e-mail template, follow next steps:

   1.   Create a new message, fill in the To, Cc, and Bcc address fields with the recipients you require. Add any information that you want to Subject, in the message body:

   2.   On the File tab, click Save As.

   3.   In the Save As dialog box:

• Use the dialog box tools to navigate to the location where you want to save the template.
• The default name for the file is the subject. You can edit this if desired.
• In the Save as type drop-down list, select Outlook Template (*.oft).

   4.   Click Save to save the template and close the Save As dialog box, then close the message that you saved as template.

To create a message using this template, do the following:

   1.   On the Home tab, in the New group, click in the New Items button and then choose More Items -> Choose Form...:

   2.   In the Choose Form dialog box:

   2.1.   Open the Look In drop-down list, and then select User Templates in File System:

   2.2.   Click the Browse... button, and then choose the folder where you saved a message template:

   3.   Highlight the template that you want to use, and then click Open.

See also this tip in French: Utiliser des modèles pour simplifier la distribution de courrier électronique.