I am trying to establish a flag system for Emails amongst one of the teams in
our office, and according to my records, I should be able to put a coloured
message flag on outgoing Emails, however when I select flag, I am unable to
change the colour.

I was wondering if there was a setting somewhere that I haven't turned on or
off that would enable this feature.

Any help would be appreciated

"CFA Simone" <CFA (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:504213F0-E043-4AA3-AA04-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am trying to establish a flag system for Emails amongst one of the teams
>in
> our office, and according to my records, I should be able to put a
> coloured
> message flag on outgoing Emails, however when I select flag, I am unable
> to
> change the colour.

What version of Outlook and how are you trying to do it right now?

Outlook 2007 doesn't have colored flags, it uses colored categories now,
which might explain what you're seeing. Or might not, since I'm a little
unsure what it is you're trying to do.

--
f.h.

Hi there,

I am using Outlook 2003 and all I want to do is put a coloured flag on an
Email so that when the recipient receives the Email they can look at the flag
to work out what priority the Email is... (I realise there is a priority
setting of High or Low that can be used... but the boss likes colour and
flags seem to be the logical option).

I am hoping this will work!


"F. H. Muffman" wrote:

> "CFA Simone" <CFA (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:504213F0-E043-4AA3-AA04-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I am trying to establish a flag system for Emails amongst one of the teams
> >in
> > our office, and according to my records, I should be able to put a
> > coloured
> > message flag on outgoing Emails, however when I select flag, I am unable
> > to
> > change the colour.
>
> What version of Outlook and how are you trying to do it right now?
>
> Outlook 2007 doesn't have colored flags, it uses colored categories now,
> which might explain what you're seeing. Or might not, since I'm a little
> unsure what it is you're trying to do.
>
> --
> f.h.
>
>

Quick Flags are local for the user. What you can do is use a category and
then then your boss can create a rule to automatically Quick Flag the item
to a color of his liking based on that category.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"CFA Simone" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B8CDAE63-BCCE-414C-8567-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi there,
>
> I am using Outlook 2003 and all I want to do is put a coloured flag on an
> Email so that when the recipient receives the Email they can look at the
> flag
> to work out what priority the Email is... (I realise there is a priority
> setting of High or Low that can be used... but the boss likes colour and
> flags seem to be the logical option).
>
> I am hoping this will work!
>
>
> "F. H. Muffman" wrote:
>
>> "CFA Simone" <CFA (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:504213F0-E043-4AA3-AA04-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I am trying to establish a flag system for Emails amongst one of the
>> >teams
>> >in
>> > our office, and according to my records, I should be able to put a
>> > coloured
>> > message flag on outgoing Emails, however when I select flag, I am
>> > unable
>> > to
>> > change the colour.
>>
>> What version of Outlook and how are you trying to do it right now?
>>
>> Outlook 2007 doesn't have colored flags, it uses colored categories now,
>> which might explain what you're seeing. Or might not, since I'm a little
>> unsure what it is you're trying to do.
>>
>> --
>> f.h.
>>
>>

Thanks very much for you help, this seems to be exactly what I am looking for.

"CFA Simone" wrote:

> I am trying to establish a flag system for Emails amongst one of the teams in
> our office, and according to my records, I should be able to put a coloured
> message flag on outgoing Emails, however when I select flag, I am unable to
> change the colour.
>
> I was wondering if there was a setting somewhere that I haven't turned on or
> off that would enable this feature.
>
> Any help would be appreciated