Templates

Templates are the place to take full advantage of QuoteFixMacro. The macro replaces certain tokens in the signature. Therefore, the signature can also be used as a template for a message. The default templates in QuoteFixMacro.bas work without any change and show both styles: DEFAULT_QUOTING_TEMPLATE (German, for all mails not detected as English) closes with “Mit freundlichen Grüßen” and your full name (%MN), DEFAULT_QUOTING_TEMPLATE_EN with “Cheers,” and your first name (%MFN).

Please double check that the template is used as “Forward/Reply” signature under Extra… > Options > E-Mail-Format > Signatures… > E-Mail-Signature

Pattern	Description
%C	Where to put the cursor. If no %C is given, the cursor is put at the first line of the quote
%Q	Where to put the quote
%OH	Original Outlook header
%FN	Sender’s first name
%LN	Sender’s last name
%SN	Sender’s name
%SE	Sender’s email address
%D	Date of the quoted mail in yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM
%MN	Your own name, as Outlook knows it (Firstname Lastname)
%MFN	Your own first name

By default, the quote starts with the line “Sender wrote on date:”, so a template does not need to say that. If you prefer to write that line in the template, see CONDENSE_FIRST_EMBEDDED_QUOTED_OUTLOOK_HEADER at Condense Headers.

Examples

Simple with some QuoteFixMacro advertisement

Hello %FN,

(inline reply powered by QuoteFixMacro - see https://macros4outlook.github.io/quotefixmacro/)

%Q

Cheers,

%MFN

Cursor above the quote

%FN,

%C

%Q

Greetings,

%MFN

Minimal template

%FN,

%Q

Best,

%MFN