How to setup Out of Office in Outlook 2010

When you are out for sick or vacation, you can setup Out of Office in Office 2010 so it automatically reply when you receive emails. The reply message could be anything you want to let the senders know why you are out of office.

Once you set up the Out of Office option, you don’t need to turn on your PC and Outlook. The setting will be saved in the Exchange Mail Server. The Out of Office feature can be turn on again when you are back to work.

To setup Out of Office in Outlook 2010, follow these instructions.

1. From File menu, go to Automatic Replies (Out of Office) from the Info menu.
2. To activate the Out of Office Assistant, select Send Automatic Relies.
3. Select Only Send During This Time Range.
4. Select time ranges and insert your personal note into the text fields Inside My Organization and Outside My Organization.
5. Select Ok.

To turn off Out of Office Assistant

When you return to work and launch Outlook, you will see an alert box reminding you that the Out of Office Assistant is on and giving you the option to turn it off. Click "Turn off" to turn off the Out of Office Assistant.

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