Color Coding your email is a great way to organize your Inbox. You can assign a color to a particular category of emails, for instance, by sender, by topic, to do items, etc.
From the Inbox list:
- Click View
- Click Change View
- Select Manage Views
- Select <current view settings>
- Click Modify
- Click Conditional Formatting
- Click Add
- Give the condition a name (e.g., From John Doe)
- Click Font
- Select the Font and Color for this sender
- Click OK.
- Click Condition
- Click the From button and select the person from the Global Address List or your Contacts.
- Click From to add them to the From field.
- Click OK (4 times).
- Click Apply View
This will change all messages from that sender to the color that you chose.
You can set this up for categories also. For instance, if you have a category for "To Do" items that is Red, follow these steps:
- Follow steps 1-12 above.
- Then click the Advanced tab.
- Click the Field drop down box.
- Select Frequently used fields
- Choose Categories
- The Condition box should be contains.
- Type the name of your Category (e..g, To Do)
- Click Add to List
- Choose OK three times.
- Click Apply View
- Click OK.