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Outlook 2003 tip o' the day

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The ability to customize toolbars has been around for several versions now, but it
doesn't seem to be very widely used in my unofficial survey.

I make heavy use of customized toolbars in Outlook, specifically for adding my own
keyboard shortcuts - I generally avoid using the mouse if possible, I'm a big keyboard
junkie.

For example:

1. Open Outlook and right click on the Standard toolbar (the one that has the basic
buttons like Send/Receive on it)

2. Choose Customize

3. On the Commands tab, drag an item from a menu that you commonly use onto the toolbar.
For example, on the Actions menu, drag the Red Flag onto the toolbar next to Send/Receive

4. Right click on the red flag and choose Text Only (Always)

5. Right click on the red flag again and change the Name to &X or another
shortcut you'll remember. The & precedes the letter you'll type with Alt in order
to access that button - i.e. Alt+X will now set a red flag on selected messages.

6. Drag Actions | Flag Complete next to the red flag and choose a similar short keyboard
combination such as &Z.

7. Close out of the customization dialog

8. Now select a few messages, press Alt+X to flag them for followup. I do this to
help me remember which items in my inbox need a response from me. Then you can also
press Alt+Z to mark the item as complete once you've followed up.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    April 16, 2004
    Also hitting the insert key will also flag an item. No need to set up a shortcut just for that.

  • Anonymous
    July 08, 2004
    Thank you so much for existing...

    Best of lucks for you
    Vasco

  • Anonymous
    July 20, 2004
    Hi.

    I followed your directions and setup a way to type ALT+Z to get a drop down for my signatures I could insert into a message.

    I was wondering if I could take that one step further and assign numbers to each signature -- much like how multiple accounts are numbered in a drop down to pick which account to send from.

    I would like to be able to type ALT+Z and then a number for the signature I want to select, completely bypassing the mouse.

    Could you also please e-mail me at odells@comcast.net when you reply to this post?

    thanks very much!

    -Don