How To Add a Delegate and Set Permissions

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To add a delegate in Outlook 2003/2007, do the following:

Click Tools > Options....

Click the Delegates tab and Click Add

Search for the person you want to make your delegate and Add the person to the Add box at the bottom of the window. Then click OK.

Setting Permissions

Once you've selected a delegate, you need to set the level and type of permission that delegate should have.

To set permissions:
1. For each item (e.g. Calendar, Tasks, Inbox) select the level of permission you want to grant

None: delegate cannot access this feature of your account
Reviewer: delegate can read items
Author: delegate can read and add items
Editor: delegate can read, modify and add items

2. Click OK
3. Click OK again