Display Custom Ribbon Tabs in Outlook when Template is opened

Question

I have several Outlook Templates (*.oft) that use Custom Tabs in the Ribbon (which I have customized through: File/Options/Customize Ribbon). There are two different tabs, but I only need to display one of them depending on which template I am using.
Currently, I am launching the templates by double-clicking on them in Windows Explorer.
I am using Outlook 365.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time in advance.
Sincerely,
Paul Goldstein

Answer 1

Hi @Paul Goldstein ,

Welcome to our forum!

I only need to display one of them depending on which template I am using.

I'm afraid it is not feasible to customize command to directly open the specific template in Outlook itself.

But you can add a new button to the “Home” tab on the Outlook ribbon to open the “Choose Form” panel directly from there without via New Items > More Items > Choose From, here are the steps:
Scroll down to and select “Choose Form”, add the button to the “Home” tab , click “New,” and then click “New Group”.
Click the new group that’s added, and then click “Rename”, change the name to “Templates”, click ok.

Add the Choose From to the Templates group and click ok.

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Answer 2

Hi @Faery Fu-MSFT ,
Thank you for writing.
I believe that you misinterpreted my question. I’m not asking how to open a Template from the Ribbon, I’m trying to find out if:

When the Template loads, is there some way (in VBA) to have the Template choose which Custom Ribbon tabs to display

Thank you for your time in advance.
Sincerely,
Paul Goldstein