How to See Categories in the Outlook.com Message List
When Outlook.com categorizes emails helpful- and automatically, they show up under their categories and when you sort the inbox. All categories also show with their messages, of course. How about spotting categories immediately, though, right in the message list?
With the reading pane at the bottom (or disabled entirely), you can have Outlook.com add a column that displays categories — and lets you edit them, too.
To see emails' categories in the message list:
(Updated August 2013)
With the reading pane at the bottom (or disabled entirely), you can have Outlook.com add a column that displays categories — and lets you edit them, too.
See Categories in the Outlook.com Message List
To see emails' categories in the message list:
- Open a message in Outlook.com.
- Click Categories in the toolbar.
- Select Manage categories from the menu.
- Make sure Show the category column in the message list is checked.
- Open a folder (e.g., inbox).
- Make sure the reading pane is set to appear at the bottom or is turned off.
- Click the settings gear.
- Select Bottom or Off under Reading pane.
(Updated August 2013)
