Applying categories in Outlook for the web

 Objective

Categories help you organize items in your mailbox.

 Audience

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Guests

 Environment  

Outlook for the web

 Procedure

Applying categories to e-mails:

  1. Right-click the message you want to categorize and then click Categorize. 


     
  2. Click the category you want to apply.



    Note: If you need to create a new category, continue following the steps below.
     
  3. If you need a category that does not exist yet, select the New category below the existing ones.


     
  4. Create a Name for the category and select a Color for it, then press Save.


     
  5. The newly created category will be applied to the e-mail you right-clicked to create it.
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