Voting buttons in Outlook

Hello!

In today’s Library Ladder we’ll be looking at how to include voting buttons in an email. This is a great way to reach a group of people via email that you would like to participate in a vote.

First, open your email draft at the top and select OPTIONS.

Then click on USE VOTING BUTTONS and you will see the following menu.

Choose CUSTOM from the options that appear.

Then in the properties box add your voting options by ticking USE VOTING BUTTONS. In the field opposite there is a drop-down menu with suggestions. You can add your own options by simply overwriting where it says Approve; Reject.

So, if you were taking a vote on where to go for a night out you would put your options here separated by a semi-colon. So, for example, you might put:

Pub;Restaurant;Both

Choose CUSTOM from the options that appear.

There will be a confirmation in your email above the send button that you have added them.

Now when you select USE VOTING BUTTONS you’ll see the options you have just added and they are also automatically selected for use.

When you send this email your recipients will see this message in their email.

And when they hit the vote button the options you added will appear.

Once selected they can choose to add a message, or just send their response without one.

When you receive a response their decision will show in the subject line.

To track your responses go to your sent messages folder, find your email and in the message ribbon there is a TRACKING button. Click on this and the totals for your responses will appear underneath.

By adding a voting button to your email this is a simple and convenient way to ask a group of people to vote and to collate their responses.