Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003

Working with Templates

A template is a building block upon which you can create other Outlook items with similar properties. Creating an Outlook template can dramatically reduce the amount of redundant information you need to enter over and over again. You probably use templates every day outside of Outlook. A blank expense report is a template, so is a bank deposit slip. Instead of creating a new expense report every month, you can create a report with some standard information pre-filled, such as your name, department, and address. Then, each month when you need to submit a new expense report, you just open the template and fill in the new information.

You can create templates for Outlook items as well. Templates you create are stored on your ...