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How to reply (all) as meeting request in Outlook?

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Supposing you received an email message from your client with design requirement, now you need to discuss the requirement with your colleagues in meeting. Apart from attaching this email message in a new meeting invitation, you can reply this email message as a meeting request directly in Microsoft Outlook.

Reply (all) as meeting request in Outlook 2010 and 2013

Reply (all) as meeting request in Outlook 2007


Reply (all) as meeting request in Outlook 2010 and 2013

The following steps will guide you to reply an email message as a meeting request in Outlook 2010 and 2013.

Step 1: Open a mail folder in the Navigation pane, and select the email message that you will reply later.

Step 2: Click "Meeting" button in the "Respond" group on the "Home" tab.

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Step 3: Then you will get into the Meeting window, see the following screenshot.

In the Meeting window, change meeting time, add meeting location and meeting attendees, compose the meeting invitation, and then click the "Send" button.

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Reply (all) as meeting request in Outlook 2007

This section will introduce the steps about replying (all) an email message as a meeting request in Microsoft Outlook 2007.

Step 1: Open a mail folder in the Navigation pane, and select the email message that you will reply later.

Step 2: Click "Edit" > "Copy to Folder" in the ribbon.

Step 3: In the Copy Items dialog box, expand a data file and select the Calendar folder under it, then click the "OK" button.

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Step 4: In the popping out Appointment window, click the "Invite Attendees" button on the "Appointment" tab. See screenshot:

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Step 5: Click the "To…" button in the newly added "To" field.

Step 6: In the popping out Select Attendees and Resources dialog box, firstly select attendees, then click the "Required ->" button, and at last click the "OK" button.

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Note: To select multiple adjacent attendees, please hold the "Shift" key and click the first attendee and the last one.

To select multiple nonadjacent attendees, please hold the "Ctrl" key and click each attendee separately.

Step 7: In the Meeting window, change meeting time, add meeting location, compose the meeting, and click the "Send" button.


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