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How to Organize Email in Mircosoft Outlook 2010

    Flag Emails

    • 1). Select and right-click on an email you want to make sure you get back to at a later date.

    • 2). Select "Follow Up" in the list of options that appears to the right of your email.

    • 3). Select the available flag that corresponds with when you want to make sure you follow up the email by. Flagged emails appear in your task box in the lower right-hand corner of your in box.

    • 4). Unflag emails by right-clicking on the email, selecting "Follow Up," and clicking "Clear Flag."

    Add Email Reminders

    • 1). Select and right-click an email you would like to add a reminder to.

    • 2). Select "Follow Up" from the drop-down list to the right of the email, and click "Add Reminder."

    • 3). Click the drop-down box next to "Flag to" and select an action to remind yourself to do the task associated with the email.

    • 4). Click the drop-down box next to "Due date" and select the date you want to have the email issue addressed by.

    • 5). Click "OK."

    Earmarking Messages

    • 1). Locate an email from a person who sends you messages that are in need of a specific rule. You may want to assign a rule for a recurring email that automatically gets filed in a certain folder. You may also automatically want to set a rule up that sends messages from specific people with specific words in the subject line to a specific email folder.

    • 2). Click the "Home" button on the toolbar located in the upper-left corner of your screen.

    • 3). Click "Rules." Apply the necessary rules and click "Ok."

    Create Email Folders

    • 1). Click the "Folder" tab and select "New Folder" on the left-hand side of the Folder Menu.

    • 2). Select where the folder will be.

    • 3). Assign a name to the folder and specify what it will contain in the dialogue box that appears.

    • 4). Click "OK."

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