What would be nice is the ability to automatically enable it when an appointment has Show time as set to Out of Office. This will jump you down the list, close to Automatic Replies. Select the first command in the list then type B. Find Automatic Replies and add it to the QAT. The process is similar to add it to the QAT: in the Quick Access Toolbar section, select All Commands from the Choose Commands from menu. Find Automatic Replies and add it to the new group. Add a new group to the ribbon you want it on then select All Commands from the Choose Commands from menu. However when I open the message in a separate window (ie double click the message) then the reply and reply-all buttons do work. 'Out of Office' option grayed out in Outlook - Office:Mac 2011 There seem to be some solutions posted for PC doing a web search, but nothing useful for the Mac, can anyone help This thread is locked. When I want to reply to an email the reply or reply-all button don't work when I read the email in the main Outlook window. To customize the ribbon (or QAT), right click on an empty area a ribbon and choose Customize the ribbon, or go to File, Options, Customize Ribbon. Mac New Outlook and Office Insider reply button problems.

You'll still need to set the times and message for both inside and outside the organization messages. You can add the Automatic Replies command to the Send and Receive ribbon or Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) so the Automatic Replies (aka Out of Office) dialog is easy to find.