To add the Outlook Template file (.oft) to Outlook for use, click the ‘New’ email button in the toolbar and select ‘Mail from Template’ from the dropdown.

Screenshot of desktop Outllook appliication highlighting the New button on the tool ribbon and the Mail from template option in the New dropdown menu

A dialogue box will appear, from here you can click on the ‘Manage Templates’ button to add the oft file.

Screenshot of New mail from template dialogue box with the Manage Templates button highlighted

Select the blue ‘+ Add template’ button.

Screen shot of the Settings window with the blue Add template button highlighted

From the Add mail templates (.oft) window, click the blue ‘Choose’ button.

Screenshot of Add mail templates (.oft) screen with the blue choose button highlighted

Navigate to where the oft template file is saved and select it and click the ‘Open’ button at the bottom of the window.

Screenshot of the document folder with the .oft file highlighted

You can then click on the blue ‘Add’ button at the bottom of the window.

Screenshot of Add mail templates window with blue Add button highlighted

Outlook will then import the template.

You can now close out of settings.

Screenshot of Settings window with the X highlighted to close the window

You will then click on the ‘New’ email button again, selecting ‘Mail from template’.

Screenshot of Outlook app with the New button in the tool ribbon highlighted, along with the Mail from template option in the New dropdown menu highlighted

This will bring up the ‘New mail from template’ window again, this time with the template available for you to use.

Screenshot of the New mail from template window with the template name highlighted

Click on the template name and Outlook will load the template into a new email, and you can edit the email.

Screenshot of the email message