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Ant Text Classic Templates - Get Started

Learn how to get started with Ant Text Classic Templates with this guide.

Jump to section:

Find Ant Text
Build Ant Text toolbar
Add Demo toolbar
Adjust toolbar
Use a template

Where to find Ant Text?

Whenever you write, reply, or forward an email, click the ANT TEXT tab in Outlook. Your personal Ant Text toolbar lives here. 

The toolbar has three standard sections:  

  1. Search – Find templates instantly 
  2. Guide – Open help articles 
  3. Configuration – point AT to the folder that stores your templates and contact info 

From the section Guide Ant Text ▶ Get started (you can always reopen these help articles). 

Step 1: Build your ANT TEXT toolbar

(your template folder)

Ant Text stores templates in an ordinary folder, so there is nothing new to learn. 

Choose where that folder will live:  

  • Local drive – perfect for single users  
  • Shared drive – OneDrive, SharePoint, Google Drive, Drop Box, etc. so a team can share the same templates 

Step 2: Add the demo toolbar

(optional but recommended)

  1. Download demo toolbar
  2. Unzip it from your file explorer ▶ Downloads. You will see two folders: 
    • Ant Text DemoEN ▶ copy this to a location you choose 
    • 6. Favorite ▶ We will use it in step 3
  3. In Outlook choose ANT TEXT ▶ Configuration ▶ Settings ▶ License key
  4. Paste the location from step 2a into Ant Text folder:
  5. Tick “I accept the terms and conditions“ and click OK
  6. Restart Outlook. Choose ANT TEXT and you will see the demo toolbar

Grey ant icons (for example in 4. HR ▶ Empty) means the folder has no templates yet. 

Step 3: Adjust the toolbar to fit you

Quick way (copy & paste) 

  1. Open the location you chose in step 2a 
  2. Drag folder 6. Favorite into Ant Text DemoEN 
  3. Restart Outlook – the toolbar updates automatically 

Manual way 

  1. Inside Ant Text DemoEN create a new folder 6. Favorite 
  2. Inside it, create a subfolder Templates 
  3. Add a Word file inside Templates (e.g. Gold email.docx) 
  4. Restart Outlook 

 AT structure  

  1. Location you chose in step 2a is your ANT TEXT toolbar root 
  2. Folders you add or rename represents your ANT TEXT toolbar design 
  3. Files you add or rename represents your Ant Text templates 

Step 4: Use a template

Click any orange ant icon, pick a template from the drop-down. Following will be inserted to your email:  

  • The text & formatting 
  • Any pictures and hyperlinks 
  • Any attachments related to the template. 

Read more about Attached files 🔗

Because Ant Text uses familiar tools (Microsoft Word and File Explorer). If you can edit a Word document, you can create an Ant Text template. 

Note first time you insert a template without a license you must fill in your contact info:

We have two license types to choose from:

Learn more anytime? 

Open the section “Guide” in the ANT TEXT tab for detailed how-to articles. 

Start your Ant Text Classic Templates Journey from the “ANT TEXT” tab and send your first template today. 

Happy writing ✍