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#Outlook for mac shortcuts how to#

Now go back to the Finder and select the “New Email Compose Shortcut.app” item and then hit Command+i to open Get Info (or go to the “File” menu and choose “Get Info”).Copy the icon image below by right-clicking on it and choosing “Copy”, it is a transparent PNG file.OPTIONAL, Changing the shortcuts icon: Let’s change the icon of the “New Email Compose Shortcut.app” so it stands out in the Dock better *.Now simply go to the Documents folder (or where ever you saved the New Mail Automator shortcut), locate your “New Email Compose Shortcut.app” and you can drag it into the Dock right now if you want, or optionally follow the steps below to customize the shortcut icon too.Now save the Automator action by going to the “File” menu and choosing “Save”, then give the Automator action an obvious name like “New Email Compose Shortcut.app” and make sure the ‘File Format’ is set to Application, then choose to Save this file somewhere easy to find like the Documents folder.If the Automator action was successful as it should be, a new email message compose window should pop-up on the screen (you can close this when finished).When satisfied, it’s time to test run the Automator action, so click the “Run” button in the upper right corner.

Optionally, fill in the details for the New Mail Message action, since this is aiming to be a template you’ll probably want to leave the “To” and “CC” sections empty, but you may want to adjust ‘Account’ to set the email account this action will use, and possibly a subject and generic Message body too.

Drag the selected “New Mail Message” action over to the right-side panel of Automator, the result should look like the image above.

For Microsoft Outlook for Mac: select the “Create New Outlook Mail Message” action.

For Mail for Mac: select the “New Mail Message” action.

From the left-side Actions menu, search for “New Mail Message” (or you can navigate to Actions > Library > Mail (or Outlook) > New Mail Message).

Pull down the “File” menu and choose “New” and then select “Application” as the type of Automator service you will create.Launch Automator in Mac OS, it’s found within the /Applications/ folder.

#Outlook for mac shortcuts how to#

How to Create a New Email Message Shortcut for the Dock with Automator in Mac OS This new email compose shortcut will be demonstrated with the default Mail app in Mac OS, but Microsoft Outlook can be used as well for the new email message compose shortcut, and many other email applications on the Mac can do this too as long as they support Automator actions.