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How to Insert a Canned Response into an Email

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The “Canned Responses” Gmail Lab allows you to create templates of emails that you send often, and quickly insert the entire template into an email.

To enable the Canned Responses lab:

  1. From your Gmail, click on the gear icon and select ‘Settings’.
  2. Go to the ‘Labs’ tab and enable ‘Canned Responses.’
  3. Scroll down and click ‘Save changes.’

To create a canned response:

  1. Compose a message in Gmail with the text you wish to insert.
  2. Go to the bottom of the message and click on ‘More options’.
  3. Find ‘Canned responses’ and select ‘New canned response’.
  4. Give the response a name and hit ‘Okay’.

To insert your canned response:

  1. Create or open a message in Gmail.
  2. Go to the bottom of the message and click on ‘More Options’.
  3. Select ‘ Canned Responses’.
  4. Under ‘Insert’ select the response you wish to add to your message.

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