Color sent items to a recipient by subject?

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I use Outlook 2002 at work, and I'd like to be able to color sent items
to a recipient based on the message subject. Anyone know how? I can
color messages based on the recipient NAME, but not name AND subject.
Reason: the recipient gets dozens of e-mails per day from me, but I need
certain ones (with "handover" in the subject) to stand out in the crowd.
 
It's the recipient's Automatic Formatting settings on a view that control
the color coding of items in their Inbox. If you put a message flag on with
a reminder, they'll probably see it in red when the reminder time passes.
 
Sue said:
It's the recipient's Automatic Formatting settings on a view that
control the color coding of items in their Inbox. If you put a
message flag on with a reminder, they'll probably see it in red when
the reminder time passes.
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Actually, and I'm sorry if I didn't make it clear, I want the Sent Items
of MY folder to be colored, so I can see what I sent to them, in a different
color. So when I look at my Sent Items folder and see 50 e-mails, the ones
with "handover" in the subject will be a different color and thus stand out
for me. Flagging them is not a solution as many other e-mails are already
flagged.
 
View | Current View | Customize Current View | Automatic Formatting

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
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Sue said:
View | Current View | Customize Current View | Automatic Formatting
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Tried that; doesn't work. I've got an automatic format of any mail
sent to her to be in X font in Y colour, but said mail doesn't appear
that way in the Sent Items folder. (It's a new rule under the default
ones of "Unread messages", "Unread group headers", "Submitted but not
sent", "Expired e-mail" and "Overdue e-mail"). For what it's worth,
these such rules are not applied to the folder either... how come?
 
Reader said:
Tried that; doesn't work.
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Never mind -- I got it working. I reset the view to the defaults and
then re-did the conditions from scratch. Now it works a charm. :)
 
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