Way to Schedule Follow-Up Meeting using Outlook 2013 Meeting Invites?

Question

Frequently I want to schedule a follow-up meeting to a meeting that has just occurred. I want the same participants, same subject and same body, just sometime in the future. I can't find a way to do this in Outlook except for to just start over with a new meeting with a new invite and manually copy the participants, subject and body.

The behavior I want is analogous to that of the "Resend this message" option you get in an email.

Anyone have an easy way to do this?

Answer 1

You have two options:

First option: Copy the meeting. In Calendar view, Ctrl + Left Click Drag the meeting to another day. Double-click on the copied meeting to revise the date/time. Send the new meeting request. Take care to review all the meeting request details in case you need to change venue, body text, etc.

Second option: Double-click on existing meeting, change the details, and send an update. Second option is likely less desirable as it does not keep a record of the meeting that took place.

Answer 2

In Outlook 2016:

1. In calendar view, select meeting
2. In ribbon, select "Reply All"
3. File > Save (or ⌘S) to save as draft
4. Close the draft window
5. Go to Drafts folder
6. On ribbon, click "Meeting" (small button next to Forward)

Now you have a new meeting with the same invitees, subject, and body content as the original.

Doesn't solve everything (location, duration, optional/required, etc) but easier than copypasting each element separately into a new meeting!

Answer 3

Just had a quick play and the only way I can see at present is to write a macro. Of course, not all organisations allow Outlook macro's.

I would probably get the details from the selected calendar entry, create a new calendar entry open in the UI maybe with 7d added to the meeting date.