Open .OFT file on Outlook for Mac
Open .OFT file on Outlook for Mac
Celine
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Stu593
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I have clients who are asking me to use their Outlook templates (created in the Windows version of Outlook) when sending in reports. I cannot do this using Outlook for Mac 2019 and once again feel that MS is not really focused on getting product parity between Windows and the Mac OS. Please, this needs to go to the top of your priority list.
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Mshari
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"Shyamal Debnath - MSFTReplied on August 2, 2018
Microsoft Agent | Moderator
Many features of current programs have been designed and upgraded based on customers’ feedback.
Your time and understanding will be highly appreciated."I found this response here https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-do-i-open-an-oft-file-on-mac/e6999adb-da9b-4487-bdb2-eaa2d712a10c
Unfortunately it has been almost 5 years and Microsoft hasn’t listened to our feedbacks like they said.
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Catina
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Outlook for Mac need to have that capability to export an .OFT file in Outlook for email templates. Currently Outlook for Mac is only able to generate .EML files which do not work when you give a PC user that file type to implement.
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Christopher Blake
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Product parity with Office has been the ONLY frustration I've had migrating to MacOS from Windows. It's ridiculous that basic features like opening templates (.oft) and messages (.msg) was not included in Office for Mac. There are many other issues, but I'll keep those comments to those UV posts.
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Ralph Miller
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OST file is a local Outlook data file automatically created by the Outlook email client to store all emails, contacts, calendars, and other data for offline use. If you want to access all data from the OST file in any other PC Outlook application then you need to convert the ost file to pst format as the OST file is unable to directly import in MS Outlook.
To convert OST to PST format easily you can use a third-party email converter software vMail OST to PST Converter. This software is capable to export all emails, contacts, calendar, tasks, notes, etc from OST file to PST and other formats like MSG, MBOX, EML, EMLX, HTML, PDF, RTF, vCard & vCal. This OST file Converter also supports OST file data migration to Office 365 & Exchange Server.
More information- http://eraser.heidi.ie/forum/threads/ost-to-pst-converter-for-microsoft-outlook.14103/
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Chris Watts
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Please create a way to use .oft email attachments in an outlook for Mac environment. My company uses .oft files to distribute emails that can be forwarded by end users, but I cannot utilize them. Thanks!
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Anonymous
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Needs to be added as a priority. Why should businesses who choose Mac for specific design reasons then not be able to design, save and send email templates. Madness.
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Nikki
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I really hope this feature can be added soon. It would really help with my small business as some people work on PC and some users use Mac.
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Nikki
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Need this feature so bad for small business!
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Jos
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Please add this feature. My company uses these files a lot. As a Mac user it is impossible to open them.
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Anonymous
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How is this still an issue, and an unavailable feature?!
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Andy
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This would be extremely valuable functionality as my company works across PC platforms and a small subset of designers use Mac - as a result corporate issued branded templates (such as emails) can't be accessed and we've been struggling for years to come up with a suitable work around for this.
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Anonymous
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why hasn't this been fixed yet? MSFT has known about this for a long time and its impacting customers who use MSFT products via their Mac OS.
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Orlando Fiallo
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Can not open an OFT file in my MAC 😠
How can I open an OFT file on a MAC?
OS10.14.6, OUTLOOK v16.32 -
Alexander Hokamp
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For the enterprise users, it is necessary to have an O365 solution that has the same feature set on different platforms.
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hola quetal
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incompetenteesss
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Rasmus Ørtoft
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OMG. Why is this not supported?? :o(
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Jamie
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If anyone is desperate for a HTML file to be converted to an OFT i can do this for a small charge :)
Please visit https://www.createandcode.co.uk/
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Myllie Lapierre
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Just send yourself a email using the .oft file as template and save the email as a model in Outlook for Mac :)
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Andrew Durocher
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As a developer I have to say that its not "insanity" to not provide the same features. For example... Internet Explorer sucks, I don't provide all the same features because it dosen't support it. Additionally the World Wide Consortium recommends we dont fix those problems because its a security issue not to upgrade. This is more on the Apple/iOS end... They need to provide a platform to support these additional features. Outlook is free, the application to view your emails. As for Office 365 Accounts, they are charged based on resource usage such as customer service, storage space etc... Its not Illigal to have a copy of Office 365 Email software... the account is what they charge for. MS is a direct competitor of iOS, and its well known that you can do more on a PC. Thats why most developers use Windows/Linux Machines. As for ease of use or Automatic Niceties enjoy your iOS, maybe it will be automatic compatible with everything in the future - but not now.
