Move or copy - you decide!

As my regular reader knows (if he's still conscious), I'm a big fan of Microsoft Outlook's CTRL+SHIFT+V shortcut which calls up the 'Move to Folder' dialog box. I use this a gazillion times each day to convert emails to tasks and calendar items using Outlook's handy AutoCreate functionality.

Another technique for mouse-fanatics is to press the right mouse button while dragging an item from one pace to another. When you release the right mouse button a list of available options will appear giving you a choice between copying and moving and text or attachment. 'Move' is generally better than 'Copy' because this avoids creating a duplicate entry. Call me Mrs Fussy-Knickers, but having a single instance of each item really helps keep Outlook neat and tidy.

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
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• Anonymous
  June 16, 2006
  I enjoy your Outlook tips, Allister. Tell me -- do you know of any method for saving an email without its attachment? Something simpler than my current work-around of Reply, address the reply to myself, send it, and save that "copy" (which loses the benefit of the "from" field)?
• Anonymous
  June 16, 2006
  Jeanie - see my most recent post at http://blogs.technet.com/usefultechnology/archive/2006/06/16/436675.aspx for an answer!