How do I copy a rule to a search folder?

[Guest]

I have a number of rules created for my Inbox. I'd like to copy the rules to
search folders. (For example, so that email from my boss is colored red in
both the Inbox, and in my "This Week" search folder.) But in the "Rules and
Alerts" dialog, when I try to copy a rule, it allows every folder EXCEPT my
search folders as a destination.

How do I copy a rule to a search folder?

Thank you for any help.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Those aren't really rules, but automatic formatting settings for folder
views. You can either make a new global view ("on all folders, visible only
to me") and apply it to the search folder, or you can make a new view
specific for the search folder ("on this folder"). To set an automatic
formatting rule for the current view, choose View | Arrange By | Current
View | Customize Current View | Automatic Formatting.