Chapter 4: Organizing Your Outlook Environment
There are several tools available inside Outlook to help you get organized. Many refer to this as taking back control of your email. If you are feeling email overload, this chapter is for you! You will gain confidence in maintaining your emails by organizing your environment with techniques you will learn in this chapter, such as taking instant action with Quick Steps to setting rules.
By using color, you will be able to create and use categories to color code emails, calendar items, contacts, and tasks. The more you can automate in the Outlook environment, the easier your life will be when handling loads of emails every day. This chapter is all about automation!
In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following topics:
- Conversations
- Quick Steps
- Categories
- Conditional Formatting
- Flags
- Rules and alerts
