How to create an Out of Office reply in Outlook 2007

If you get a lot of emails like I do, colleagues want to know when you are not in the office.  There is an easy way to takle this in Outlook 2007 by using the Out of Office attendant.  You can set up a custom notification to be automatically sent to anyone who sends you an email, letting them know your out of office status. Here’s how to setup an out of office reply in Outlook 2007.

On the Outlook 2007 Ribbon, click the “Tools” option and select the “Out of Office Assistant…” option.

Select the second option that says, “I am currently Out of the Office” and type your custom reply and click the “OK” button.


Now you have easily setup your custom out of office reply in Outlook 2007.

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