Out of Office is an available feature only when you are connected to an Exchange server.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Laura" wrote in message ...
Out of Office does not appear in my Tools menu. I've tried to install the
addin Outex2.ecf but it won't install. Any suggestions?

Laura