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September 2007
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UH Health Center
Out of
Office Etiquette
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Out of Office Etiquette
Remember to notify your colleagues of your
absence by setting your voice and e-mail to
their out of office settings.
To change your voice mail settings:
1. Log into your voice mail account.
2. Select option “4” - Personal
Configurations.
3. Select option “1” to change your
greeting.
4. Option “2” allows you to edit your
Extended Absence Greeting.
5. Once you have saved your greeting, the
system automatically applies the Extended
Absence setting to notify callers of your
unavailability.
6. Once you return to work, log back into
your voice mail.
7. The system notifies you that the Extended
Absence Greeting is activated.
8. Select option “2” to deactivate Extended
Absence and return your voice mail to the
normal settings.
9. For more information, please
click here.
To change your e-mail settings from
Microsoft Outlook:
1. Open your Outlook program.
2. Select “Tools” from the header menu.
3. Click on “Out of Office Assistant.”
4. Select the button indicating you are out
of the office.
5. Enter the reply you would like to have
automatically emailed to senders.
6. Click “OK.”
7. Once you return to work, open your
Outlook e-mail.
8. You will receive a pop up message
indicating that the Out Of Office is Turned
On.
9. Select “Yes” to turn it off.
To change your e-mail settings from the
exchange website:
1. Log into your exchange account at
http://exchange.uh.edu.
2. Your user name and password are the same
as your Cougarnet account.
3. Click on “Options” from the menu on the
left-hand side.
4. An Out of Office Assistant section
appears in the center of your screen.
5. Select the button indicating you are out
of the office.
6. Enter the reply you would like to have
automatically emailed to senders.
7. Click “Save and Close.”
8. Once you return to work, log into your
exchange email account.
9. Click on “Options” from the menu on the
left-hand side.
10. Select the button indicating you are in
the office within the Out of Office
Assistant section.
11. Click “Save and Close.”
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