Work can wait: Create your Out of Office image with Microsoft

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Heading home for the holidays? First, put together a fun out-of-office image through Microsoft’s
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to let everyone know you’ll be away from the workplace.



With the holiday break just around the corner, you should be wrapping up your reports or putting a pause on your projects. But before you head out the door, compose your out-of-office message.

Whether it’s no-nonsense (“I will not be checking my emails until I return”) or whimsical (“Skiing + family + hot toddies + crackling fire = holidays!”), Microsoft’s Center of Out of Office Excellence can help you illustrate it!

  1. Go
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    and upload your image. It could be holiday-themed or perhaps one of a recent vacation.
  2. Choose an out-office-stamp.
  3. Share your photo. You can download the image and insert it at the end of your out-of-office message or share with friends and family.

Here are a few images we created. They come from Tiina Jaatinen, editor-in-chief for Microsoft Devices Blog; Lindsey Matese, Microsoft senior communications manager; Stephen Alvarez, National Geographic photographer and Microsoft devices ambassador; and the editors of Microsoft Devices Blog:

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Stevens Pass Ski Resort, Washington.

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Shi Shi beach on the Olympic Peninsula.

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Kilmarnock, Northern Neck of Virginia

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San Francisco, California.

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Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.

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Lake Tahoe, California.


Need a bit of help setting up your out-of-office message on Outlook? Doug Thomas from our Office team has a handy video tutorial:


Last but not least, be sure to check out the other fun stuff on the
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. Included is the piece, “The Secret History of the Out of Office Message” and an OOO Hall of Fame with our favorite user-submitted images.

Happy Holidays!

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