Applying templates to messages Follow

Once you've created a few templates in your Outpost account, you can start applying them to your messages. Here are some useful things to know about templates:

• You can combine templates with your own writing - in other words, the template won't replace any text you've already written in a message.

• When you apply a template, it will appear where your cursor is currently placed in the message.

• You can apply more than one template to the same message.

• Once you've applied a template to a message, you can edit its text as needed.

Interested in some creative ways to use templates? See Tips for using Templates.

Applying a template to a message

1. Begin a new conversation, or a reply or forward.
2. In the message you've started, you can access your saved templates by clicking the +Template link:
   
3. The template selector will appear. You can scroll through your templates in the sidebar:
   
4. At the top of the the sidebar, you'll see a pull-down menu. Templates created for your default mailbox will display first. You can select a different mailbox to see its templates instead, or select Unassigned to see all templates:
   
5. You can also use the filter to locate templates that contain specific text:
   
6. Once you've chosen a template, click the Add Template button to apply it to the message:
   
7. With the template in place, you can add text to the message and make edits as you prefer:
   
8. You can add more templates to the same message. Just place your cursor where you'd like the next template to appear, and then click the +Template link again to select another one:
   
9. Click Save & Close to save the message as a draft, or click Send to send it.

More on templates:

• Creating a template
• Editing an existing template
• Deleting a template
• Searching your templates
• Using custom fields (variables) in your templates