Colour Categories - Outlook 2007
- August 2008

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Categories have been around in Outlook for a long time now, and I find them really useful for grouping related Contacts, Email and appointments. Using a new feature in Office 2007 you can now colour code your categories and assign the Category to a shortcut key. Using the shortcut key you can assign the colour coded category to many Outlook objects.

Creating a new colour Category

Right-click any Email message or Contact and choose Categorize and then choose All Categories. Either rename an existing category or choose New to create a new category. If you choose New, type the name of the Category and choose the related colour. You can also select a Shortcut key in this screen which can be a very handy thing to do.

 
 
 
 
Assigning the Category to an Outlook object

To assign your new category to an Outlook object (email, contact, task or appointment) right-click the object and choose Categorize and choose the required category.

Using the shortcut key

 

 

If you have assigned a shortcut key to the category you can just select the object and press the shortcut key combination.


 

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