How do I put Out of Office on through Outlook?

NOTE: If you are wanting to set this up on a shared mailbox you will need to set up a separate Outlook profile. It is quicker, easier and also recommended to set shared mailboxes Out of Office/Auto Response through Outlook Web App (OWA).

1. Open Outlook
2. Click File
   
   
3. Click Automatic Replies
   
   
4. Click Send automatic replies
5. Tick Only send during this time range: - Strongly recommended
   NOTE: If you would like the Out of Office on indefinitely you can skip Steps 5 - 6 and go straight to Step 7. 
   
6. Select:
   • Start date and time
   • End date and time
7. Enter/edit Out of Office message
   
8. Click Outside My Organization (On) tab
9. Tick Auto-reply to people outside my organisation
10. Ensure Anyone outside my organisation is selected
11. Copy and paste Out of Office message from Step 7 or edit accordingly
    
12. Click OK

NOTE: Once the selected End time: has past the Out of Office will automatically turn itself off.