Outlook
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Sort Outlook Folders by Filed-Date Order
Recycle Bin has this great ability to sort by the date deleted. Like a real trash can, the stuff you threw away last is on top. Today we’re bringing that ability to Outlook – and not just for the trash.
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Bring Gmail-style workflow to Outlook
Among the top features called out by any gmail fan is the archive button, which acts as a simple dismissal of a message. Archiving removes an entire email conversation thread from your inbox, while keeping it accessible under all mail, or any number of labels. It’s an extremely efficient hybrid method between piling and filing, because it rescues the user from obsessive organizing, and later, searching… ‘where did I put that message from the boss, his folder or the one for the project… hmm’. Today I’d like to share how I’ve setup my Microsoft Outlook inbox to behave similarly to Gmail. While…
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Be more Conversational with your Email
Tip: Use Conversation view in Outlook to find related messages from other foldersYou save: About an hour a week Have you ever received a reply to an email and wanted to look at the other messages in the chain? What if the other messages were already moved into other folders? Or if you wanted to look at messages you sent? In the dark ages, finding all these related emails required digging though folder after folder, hoping you weren’t missing any. In the middle ages, there was search. Neatly tucked away in the right-click menu was this option: This was handy, but it…