Creating Email Templates - Part II

This is a continuation of our Creating Email Templates within Outlook.

This week I'll show you how to create the Link to the Template you created. This information was provided courtesy of TurtleFlock, LLC.


Outlook 2003/2007 allows you to create toolbar buttons as hyperlinks to Web URLs, but also to any system files, including an Outlook form, saved as a file:

1.  Choose File Save As to save the form as an .oft Outlook template file.
2.  Choose View Toolbars Customize.
3.  Drag any button from the Commands tab of the Customize dialog to the toolbar.
4.  Right-click the new button, and enter a new Name. If you include an ampersand (&), the letter following the ampersand is assigned as a hotkey for the button. You will be able to run the form simply by pressing Alt plus that key.
5.  Choose Assign Hyperlink Open.
6.  In the Assign Hyperlink dialog, select the .oft file
7.  Click OK, then Close to finish adding the hyperlink button.
 
Enjoy!