MS Outlook 2007 "Color Code"

MS Outlook 2007 "Color Code to Identify Key Messages"

Often when you open your Outlook, your are lost in a zoo of emails while you need the most important one's immediately. What you got to do is color code the important messages so that you can identify the important emails from your seniors, clients, staff or other team members . This saves a lot of time and ensures that you don't overlook the key messages.

Follow the steps below to color code the emails in Outlook

1: Highlight a message from a contact.

2: Choose Tools, then go to Organize. This opens a new window at the top of your Inbox window.

3: Choose the option Using Colors (found at the left of the window).

4: Pick from option, Choose color for selected message and Apply Color.

5: Additionally, you can also pick Show messages sent only to me as a way to highlight messages that are not part of a group distribution.

6: Optionally, choose Automatic Formatting (upper-right corner of window) to view coloring choices or even to apply a different font.

7: Close the Organize window when you are done. All messages in your Inbox from the selected contact are now color coded.


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