Outlook 2003 & 2007 Tip
Organize your world with folders -- you are just a right-click away
Folders
How much time do you waste searching for e-mails in your Inbox? You can reduce the amount of time you spend searching for e-mails by creating Inbox subfolders to store related e-mails. For example, you could create subfolders for journals and articles you receive that you would like to view later. A prime example of that would be to create a subfolder for e-MOSTips and store all your tips in the subfolder for future referral.
You are just a right-click away from creating a folder so let's get started!
- Right-click on the mail folder name Inbox (afterwards a sub-menu will appear - see Figure 1)
- Choose New Folder (afterwards the Create new folder dialog box will appear - see Figure 2)
- Type a name for your folder in the Name field
- Click OK
You will now have a subfolder beneath the Inbox with the name you provided. In the future when e-mails arrive you can organize the e-mails into related folders by a simple click, drag, and drop of the e-mail to the desired folder, where you can quickly locate them in the future.
Next week's tip will teach you how to quickly automate incoming e-mails so that they will automatically go directly to an associated folder. It's a tip you do not want to miss! |
