Outlook - Out of Office Assistant not shown on Tools menu

[dsmith910]

Hi

I need to put an 'out of office' message on my computer. Help says go to Tools menu and click 'Out of office Assistant' .... etc.

Unfortunately that isn't on the Tools menu, greyed out or otherwise.

Any ideas?

Doreen

 

[Kelanen]

Is this Outlook or Outlook Express? Which version?

Without more to go on, I'd suggest it was one of the components not installed. Use the MS Office CD to load the appropriate component (or all options if unsure) onto the machine.
Jonathan Challis
IT Manager

 

[dsmith910]

Hi Jonathan

Iam using Outlook (not Outlook Express) as part of Office 2000 running on Windows 98. Unfortunately the Office disk is kept by the IT support company and they can't come in before my absence. If the disk is needed I'm out of luck!

Thanks

Doreen

 

[Kelanen]

Well, you should be able to duplicate the function using Rules Wizard (also found on the Tools menu).

Just create a rule that replies to each message with a standard template, or similar. Jonathan Challis
IT Manager

 

[doa1610]

I recently had the same issue. Try introducing the "out of office assistant" as an add in through thr following step:

1)Tools --> Options --> other --> Advanced Options --> Add-in Manager --> install

2) Highlight "Emsuix.ecf" --> Click Open

3) Now tick the "Exchange Extensions commands" box & OK

This should now add-in the "Out of Office" Assistant

Hope this helps