How to turn on your Out of Office Email in Outlook

Going on vacation? Worried that people will think you are ignoring there emails in your absence? By mastering Microsoft Word's Out of Office Assistant, you can let the world know that you are relaxing rather than ignoring, and that you will get back to them soon.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Outlook
• Fingers

1. Open Microsoft Outlook.
2. Toward the top, you will see "Tools" in the menu bar. Select Tools. (This can also be done by pressing Alt T).
3. Scroll down to the Out of Office Assistant. Select it.
4. The default button will be set to "I am current in the office." Deselect that, and select, "I am currently in the office" instead.
5. Below is a text box where you can add additional information. Information that people leave usually includes: how long they will be gone, whether they can be reached by any form of communication or not at all, and who should be contacted in their absence.
6. Press Okay. Congratulations! Your Out of Office Assistant is ready to go.

Tips & Warnings

• Disenabling your Out of Office Assistant is done very similarly.