If you find yourself emailing the same response over and over you could create an Email Template. If you have never done this checkout our tutorial on how to Create an Outlook Email Template. Email templates are a great way to save that perfectly drafted email and recall it again at a later date. One shortcoming in Outlook is that there isn’t an easy way to reply to an email directly with an email template. This is why we created the macro Reply with Email Template. This is an Outlook macro that will allow you to reply to an email with all the contents of a specific email template. You can run this macro for the current email selected in your inbox or from an open email. By Default, this macro will reply to all recipients. You can update the VBA code to only reply to the sender instead. Once running this Outlook macro will access your default email template file path and display an InputBox with all the available email templates to select from. Simply type the leading number of the email template you want to reply with and click Ok. This macro will finish by pulling in the selected email template’s contents to the active Outlook email body. By Default, the active email’s subject will remain but with an update to the VBA code you can replace it with the template’s subject. If the template you selected has attachments these will also be attached to the email. This Outlook macro is designed to grow with you over time and will display all of your email templates as you continue to create them. Checkout our other Outlook macros that makes it easier to save and open email templates.
30. ‘Set EmailCurrent = EmailCurrent.Reply ‘If you want to Reply with an Email Template This is the code line to update if you want to only Reply to the Sender and not all email recipients
31. Set EmailCurrent = EmailCurrent.ReplyAll ‘If you want to ReplyAll with an Email Template By Default the selected email will Reply to all email recipients. Remove this code line and update code line #30 to only reply to sender
37. FolderPath = “C:\Users\” & User & “\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\” ‘Default Outlook Email Template path. You can update the FolderPath to somewhere else. The Folder Path will look to Outlook’s default file path where email templates are saved. You can update this to a different path if you save your email templates elsewhere
86. If InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, “cid:image”) > 0 And InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, “.png”) > 0 And InStr(1, objAtt.Filename, “.jpg”) = 0 Then If there are embedded png images in the selected Email Template exclude jpg attachments If the selected email template has images in the email body VBA will attempt to attach jpg files of the same images. When this happens, it looks odd to see the same images attached are also in the email body. This code line ensures that these jpg images are not attached in the email response
88. ElseIf InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, “cid:image”) = 0 And InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, “.png”) = 0 Then If no embedded png images in the selected Email Template attach everything If the selected email template does NOT have images in the email body then attach all attachments found
94. ‘EmailCurrent.Subject = EmailTemplate.Subject ‘Set Subject If you want to replace the active email’s subject with the selected email template’s subject
95. EmailCurrent.HTMLBody = EmailTemplate.HTMLBody & CurrentBody ‘Set Body Set the active email body with the email template’s contents and past email body content
97. ‘EmailCurrent.Send By Default the email will display for review before sending. If you are confident that the email can send immediately after finishing this macro update this code line
See it in Action!
Watch this video to see this macro in action.The Code
Here is the code for this macro. Make sure the following References are setup before running it: Visual Basic For Applications, Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Object Library, Microsoft Office 16.0 Object Library'Leverage & Lean "Less Clicks, More Results" Sub ReplywithEmailTemplate() ' Means variable is in use Dim Counter As Integer ' Dim CurrentBody As String ' Dim DisplayFiles As String ' Dim EmailCurrent As Outlook.MailItem ' Dim EmailTemplate As Outlook.MailItem ' Dim FolderPath As String ' Dim FolderTemp As Object ' Dim objAtt As Object ' Dim objFSO As Object ' Dim oFile As Object ' Dim oFolder As Object ' Dim oFSO As Object ' Dim strPath As String ' Dim strFile As String ' Dim TemplateName As String ' Dim TemplateNumber As String ' Dim User As String ' On Error GoTo LeverageLean On Error Resume Next Set EmailCurrent = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem 'Select the Current Open Email On Error GoTo 0 If EmailCurrent Is Nothing Then Set EmailCurrent = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1) 'Select the Current Unopen Email 'Set EmailCurrent = EmailCurrent.Reply 'If you want to Reply with an Email Template Set EmailCurrent = EmailCurrent.ReplyAll 'If you want to ReplyAll with an Email Template End If CurrentBody = EmailCurrent.HTMLBody 'The Active Email's Body User = (Environ$("Username")) FolderPath = "C:\Users\" & User & "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\" 'Default Outlook Email Template path. You can update the FolderPath to somewhere else. Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set oFolder = oFSO.GetFolder(FolderPath) Counter = 1 For Each oFile In oFolder.Files 'Loop through every File in FolderPath If oFile.Type = "Outlook Item Template" Then 'If the File is an .oft add to DisplayFiles DisplayFiles = DisplayFiles & vbNewLine & Counter & ". " & Left(oFile.Name, Len(oFile.Name) - 4) Counter = Counter + 1 End If Next oFile If Len(DisplayFiles) > 1023 Then 'If DisplayFiles exceeds the character limit display MsgBox MsgBox ("You have exceeded the character limit of the InputBox. " & _ "Email templates that should be available for selection will not be able to display. " & _ "Try making the file names of your email templates shorter. " & _ "Navigate to your folder path here: " & FolderPath) End If TemplateNumber = InputBox(DisplayFiles, "Reply with Outlook Email Templates") 'Determine what Email Template to Reply with If TemplateNumber = "" Then Exit Sub Counter = 1 For Each oFile In oFolder.Files 'Loop through every File in FolderPath If oFile.Type = "Outlook Item Template" Then 'If the File is an .oft If Counter = TemplateNumber Then 'If the Counter is the same as the selected Template TemplateName = oFile.Name 'Selected Email Template File Name End If Counter = Counter + 1 End If Next oFile Set EmailTemplate = Application.CreateItemFromTemplate(FolderPath & "\" & TemplateName) 'The Email Template selected If EmailTemplate.Attachments.Count > 0 Then 'If the Email Template has Attachments Const olByValue = 1 Const olEmbeddeditem = 5 Const TemporaryFolder = 2 Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set FolderTemp = objFSO.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder) strPath = FolderTemp.Path & "\" For Each objAtt In EmailTemplate.Attachments 'For each Email Template Attachment add to Current Email Select Case objAtt.Type Case olByValue, olEmbeddeditem strFile = strPath & objAtt.Filename objAtt.SaveAsFile strFile 'Save the Attachment to the Temporary Folder End Select If InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, "cid:image") > 0 And InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, ".png") > 0 And InStr(1, objAtt.Filename, ".jpg") = 0 Then EmailCurrent.Attachments.Add strFile, olByValue 'If there are embedded png images in the selected Email Template exclude jpg attachments ElseIf InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, "cid:image") = 0 And InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, ".png") = 0 Then EmailCurrent.Attachments.Add strFile, olByValue 'If no embedded png images in the selected Email Template attach everything End If objFSO.DeleteFile strFile 'Delete the Attachment in the Temporary Folder Next End If 'EmailCurrent.Subject = EmailTemplate.Subject 'Set Active Email's Subject EmailCurrent.HTMLBody = EmailTemplate.HTMLBody & CurrentBody 'Set Active Email's Body EmailCurrent.Display 'EmailCurrent.Send Set EmailCurrent = Nothing Set EmailTemplate = Nothing Set FolderTemp = Nothing Set objAtt = Nothing Set objFSO = Nothing Set oFile = Nothing Set oFolder = Nothing Set oFSO = Nothing Exit Sub LeverageLean: If Err.Number = 76 Then EmailCurrent.Display MsgBox ("Something went wrong. Ensure the Folder Path is correct. " & vbNewLine & "Don't hesitate to email me: brentschneider@leveragelean.com") ElseIf TemplateNumber = 0 Or TemplateNumber > Counter - 1 Then EmailCurrent.Display MsgBox (Err.Number & " - " & Err.Description & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "Don't hesitate to email me: brentschneider@leveragelean.com") Exit Sub End If End Sub 'Stay Awesome
Macro Monday
Here is the Macro Monday video this macro was featured in. Watch this video to learn how to get the most out of this macro and start using it today!Customization
These lines of code can be customized to personalize this macro.30. ‘Set EmailCurrent = EmailCurrent.Reply ‘If you want to Reply with an Email Template This is the code line to update if you want to only Reply to the Sender and not all email recipients
31. Set EmailCurrent = EmailCurrent.ReplyAll ‘If you want to ReplyAll with an Email Template By Default the selected email will Reply to all email recipients. Remove this code line and update code line #30 to only reply to sender
37. FolderPath = “C:\Users\” & User & “\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\” ‘Default Outlook Email Template path. You can update the FolderPath to somewhere else. The Folder Path will look to Outlook’s default file path where email templates are saved. You can update this to a different path if you save your email templates elsewhere
86. If InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, “cid:image”) > 0 And InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, “.png”) > 0 And InStr(1, objAtt.Filename, “.jpg”) = 0 Then If there are embedded png images in the selected Email Template exclude jpg attachments If the selected email template has images in the email body VBA will attempt to attach jpg files of the same images. When this happens, it looks odd to see the same images attached are also in the email body. This code line ensures that these jpg images are not attached in the email response
88. ElseIf InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, “cid:image”) = 0 And InStr(1, EmailTemplate.HTMLBody, “.png”) = 0 Then If no embedded png images in the selected Email Template attach everything If the selected email template does NOT have images in the email body then attach all attachments found
94. ‘EmailCurrent.Subject = EmailTemplate.Subject ‘Set Subject If you want to replace the active email’s subject with the selected email template’s subject
95. EmailCurrent.HTMLBody = EmailTemplate.HTMLBody & CurrentBody ‘Set Body Set the active email body with the email template’s contents and past email body content
97. ‘EmailCurrent.Send By Default the email will display for review before sending. If you are confident that the email can send immediately after finishing this macro update this code line