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Outlook: Set out of office message for Shared or Delegated Mailbox
You may want to set an out of office message for a mailbox that is not monitored or where an employee is no longer employed by the company. You can use this guide as a reference to setting up the out of office message for a mailbox that has been shared with you. 1. Open the Mailbox in Outlook Online. See this Article if you need Help openning the mailbox. 2. Open Settings 3. Click on "View all Outlook settings" 4. Go to Mail > Automatic Replies 5. Turn on and configure the automatic reply settings as needed. Press Save when done
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Outlook: Open a Shared or Delegated Mailbox in Outlook Web Portal
It can take up to 24 hours for a shared mailbox to display in Outlook. But you can open the mailbox on Outlook web now using the below instructions: 1. login to outlook.office.com without your HPG email address 2. Click on your avatar (top right of the page) 3. Click Open another mailbox 4. Search for the email address of the mailbox you are trying to open 5. From the results, click on the Mailbox you want to open, and then click Open The shared mailbox should open in a new tab.
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Outlook: Automatically Replace Text with Hyperlink or Phrase
You add or edit AutoCorrect/AutoComplete text by following the below instructions. 1. Open a new message and type the phrase you want to have Outlook replace text with 2. Select your word or phrase, right click it and select Insert Hyperlink 3. Type or past the web page URL into the Address field. 4. Click OK 5. Re-select your word or phrase and go to File > Options 6. Go to Mail > Spelling and Autocorrect 7. Click on AutoCorrect Options button 8. Make Sure that "Replace text as you type" is enabled 9. Under Replace, type the word or phrase that you want to have Outlook replace with 10. Make sure that "Formatted text" is enabled 11. Click the Add button 12. Click OK 13. close the remaining options windows until you are back to your new message. 14. Test the new AutoCorrect rule by typing your word or phrase, it should change into the text you wanted and/or hyperlink automatically created. Export and Sharing: You can export your AutoCorrect settings by following the below: (make sure Outlook is closed before performing the below) 1. Go to %AppData%/Microsoft/Templates 2. Copy the NormalEmail.dotm file and paste it to file share or attach it to an email message You can import somebody elses AutoCorrect settings by overriding your existing NormalEmail.dotm file. 1. Go to %AppData%/Microsoft/Templates 2. Create a copy of the existing NormalEmail.dotm file, and name it oldNormalEmail.dotm 3. Paste the NormalEmail.dotm you received from somebody else into the Templates folder and overwrite the existing file.