Applying categories to advanced find results

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Phil

In Outlook 2007 you can no longer apply categories to advanced find results
by selecting files and right clicking on the list of selected files. How can
you do this in Outlook 2007? This was a most useful feature in previous
versions.

Phil
 
P

Phil

Can someone please help? This represents a significant timesaver when it
works...
Phil
 
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Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]

On the Advanced Find dialog, click File/Save as Search Folder. In the search
folder you can select all of the found items, categorize them, and then you
might delete the folder.

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Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en>


Am Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:19:01 -0700 schrieb Phil:
 
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Kamal Tripathi

Well I would that's losing a useful feature. Now it is such a time taking
process. I tried to customize the advanced search features but you can't any
menu from Action toolbar available to any mail/item.

Alternate Way would be to flag all messages for lets say "No Date" Category
and in To-Do bar mark the categories you want. Then remove them from To-Do
bar.

Hope this might help although I myself feel the loss of this useful feature.
 
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Diane Poremsky [MVP]

I think a search folder is every bit as fast as setting a flag then going to
the to-do to set the category - especially if you use the no date flag on
other items. if it’s a search folder you are unlikely to use again, name it
1 so its at the top of the search folder list then delete when done. If
you'll use it more, you'll save yourself time the next time you need to
repeat the search.

The only thing you can do in advanced find is customize the view. You can't
do much with it once customized - in-cell editing is disabled along with all
the good r-click stuff

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Oscar

Although Mike Bauer's solution works and was a great help, it is not really a
solution but rather a workaround to what is one of the greatest sources of
frustration since the company I work for decided to "upgrade". The feature is
greatly missed in 07. Dear MS please please please bring it back!
Thx,
Oscar

Diane Poremsky said:
I think a search folder is every bit as fast as setting a flag then going to
the to-do to set the category - especially if you use the no date flag on
other items. if it’s a search folder you are unlikely to use again, name it
1 so its at the top of the search folder list then delete when done. If
you'll use it more, you'll save yourself time the next time you need to
repeat the search.

The only thing you can do in advanced find is customize the view. You can't
do much with it once customized - in-cell editing is disabled along with all
the good r-click stuff

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Let's Really Fix Outlook 2010
http://forums.slipstick.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34

Kamal Tripathi said:
Well I would that's losing a useful feature. Now it is such a time taking
process. I tried to customize the advanced search features but you can't
any
menu from Action toolbar available to any mail/item.

Alternate Way would be to flag all messages for lets say "No Date"
Category
and in To-Do bar mark the categories you want. Then remove them from To-Do
bar.

Hope this might help although I myself feel the loss of this useful
feature.
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

In what might be good news, Categories is on the context menu in advanced
find. Unfortunately, it doesn't include any categories to pick from. The
quick click field works though. I'll file a bug on it.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Let's Really Fix Outlook 2010
http://forums.slipstick.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34

Oscar said:
Although Mike Bauer's solution works and was a great help, it is not
really a
solution but rather a workaround to what is one of the greatest sources of
frustration since the company I work for decided to "upgrade". The feature
is
greatly missed in 07. Dear MS please please please bring it back!
Thx,
Oscar

Diane Poremsky said:
I think a search folder is every bit as fast as setting a flag then going
to
the to-do to set the category - especially if you use the no date flag on
other items. if it’s a search folder you are unlikely to use again, name
it
1 so its at the top of the search folder list then delete when done. If
you'll use it more, you'll save yourself time the next time you need to
repeat the search.

The only thing you can do in advanced find is customize the view. You
can't
do much with it once customized - in-cell editing is disabled along with
all
the good r-click stuff

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Let's Really Fix Outlook 2010
http://forums.slipstick.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34

message
Well I would that's losing a useful feature. Now it is such a time
taking
process. I tried to customize the advanced search features but you
can't
any
menu from Action toolbar available to any mail/item.

Alternate Way would be to flag all messages for lets say "No Date"
Category
and in To-Do bar mark the categories you want. Then remove them from
To-Do
bar.

Hope this might help although I myself feel the loss of this useful
feature.

:



On the Advanced Find dialog, click File/Save as Search Folder. In the
search
folder you can select all of the found items, categorize them, and
then
you
might delete the folder.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en>


Am Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:19:01 -0700 schrieb Phil:

Can someone please help? This represents a significant timesaver
when
it
works...
Phil

:

In Outlook 2007 you can no longer apply categories to advanced find
results
by selecting files and right clicking on the list of selected
files.
How
can
you do this in Outlook 2007? This was a most useful feature in
previous
versions.

Phil
 

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