Tuesday's Outlook Tip #25: Reply with Meeting (Shortcut for Setting up a Meeting)
Reply with Meeting
I'm on a role for super simple tips. This is another quick and easy tip - but a HUGE time saver if you setup meeting request with people you've been in email conversations with.
Have you used Outlook's Reply with Meeting button? It's awesome. In just a single click - you can respond to an email conversation with a string of people on it - and turn it into a meeting invite. The more people on the email - the more time you are saving. The other cool thing - it copies all the contents of the email into the body of the meeting including attachments. It also transfers over the subject line of the emails as the meeting title.
Scenario
You receive an email with 5 (or any number) other recipients in the To: or CC: fields. The string of emails now merits setting up a meeting with these same (5) people. If you know this trick - it's a simple click to generate a meeting invite. If not - you will need to create a new meeting request and add each recipient to the request. Copy the contents of the email including attachments, try not to forget anyone that was on the email etc.
Enter: Outlook's Reply with Meeting Button
- Select the email conversation that contains the multiple recipients.
- Click the Reply with Meeting button.
- Set the date and time for the meeting and other meeting details.
- Modify as needed, including adding or deleting content from the email and/or attachments and Send.
Enjoy! Here's to saving some time!
Happy Tip Tuesday!
