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September 2007

In This Month's Issue:

 SPOTLIGHT
HR Training
Idea Contest
September Calendar
Who's Who on Campus

 HUMAN RESOURCES
What is CAM?
Changes to TRS
BlueCompare

August Quiz Results
September Quiz
 
 AROUND THE CAMPUS
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.”