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Tip 375: Contact Linking
Tip 376: Calendar Printing Assistant
Tip 377: Viewing 6 Weeks
Tip 378: Delete Outlook Folders Easily
Tip 379: Office 2007 & OE Spell Check
Tip 380: Proofing Tools, Part 2
Tip 381: 2007 Time Zone Changes
Tip 382: Send Email to a Cell Phone
Tip 383: Resend a Message
Tip 384: Remove Calendar from Nav Bar
Tip 385: Sort Order on Children Names
Tip 386: Saved Searches Don't Work
Tip 387: Send Again
Tip 388: Spell-check Notes
Tip 389: Pan or Select
Tip 390: Outlook and Vista
Tip 391: Keep Calendars Selected
Tip 392: Mail Merge Attachments
Tip 393: Multiple Profiles
Tip 394: Tweaks and Consequences
Tip 395: Hotmail Password Problems
Tip 396: Daylight Time Updates
Tip 397: Email Header Doesn't Print
Tip 398: IE7 Print Fix
Tip 399: Outlook Printing
Tip 400: Outlook 2007 Won't Install
Tip 401: Time and Date Shortcuts
Tip 402: Using BCC
Tip 403: Word is Unavailable Error
Tip 404: Printing Workaround in OL 2007
Tip 405: Office 2007 Free Support
Tip 406: Recurring Meeting Requests
Tip 407: Spell Check the Subject line
Tip 408: PDF Preview for OL & Vista
Tip 409: Outlook Internet Mail Services
Tip 410: Vista Sidebar Outlook Gadgets
Tip 411: Autoarchive Settings
Tip 412: Change Address Book Order
Tip 413: Send Page By Email
Tip 414: Error Dialogs
Tip 415: Adding Comments to Email
Tip 416: Delay Sending
Tip 417: Hotmail and Outlook
Tip 418: Hotmail - Part 2
Tip 419: Signature Spellcheck
Tip 420: Search Folder Questions
Tip 421: SecureTemp revisited
Tip 422: Set Mailbox Rights
Tip 423: Visible New Message Alert
Tip 424: Never Show Dialog
Tip 425: Outlook Connector Download
Tip 426: Slow Typing HTML
Tip 427: Find Commands in Office 2007
Tip 428: Open OL to a Specific Folder
Tip 429: Outlook 2007 Spell Check Bug
Tip 430: Start Menu Icon
Tip 431: Yearly Calendar
Tip 432: Subscribe to Google Calendar
Tip 433: See Replied to Time
Tip 434: Change Reply Format
Tip 435: Cloudmark Antispam
Tip 436: Free/Busy & Reminder Defaults
Tip 437: Form can't be Displayed
Tip 438: Turn Off Time Zone Prompt
Tip 439: Send Multiple Meeting Request
Tip 440: Show Appoint Times in Month
Tip 441: Create Hyperlink Buttons
Tip 442: More on Hyperlinks
Tip 443: Combine Two Calendars
Tip 444: Outlook Connector v.4
Tip 445: Group Header Format
Tip 446: Natural Language Filters
Tip 447: Office 2007 Ultimate -Students
Tip 448: Create Custom Search Folders
Tip 449: Office Ultimate Offer Part 2
Tip 450: Send as, Send on behalf of
Tip 451: Holidays for 2008 and Beyond






Create Custom Search Folders

Following up to the tip earlier this week on using natural language in search folder criteria.

  1. Create a new Search folder by right clicking on Search Folders and choosing New Search Folder... (You can also use the File, New menu.
  2. Choose the last option to create a new, custom search folder. (You can get there fast by pressing C twice.)
  3. Click the Choose button to open the Custom search folder dialog.
  4. Enter a name for your search folder.
  5. Click the Criteria button to open the filter dialog.
  6. You can use any of the tabs to add conditions to your filter, but in the example from earlier for a filter for messages "Received on or before 45 days ago", you'll use the Advanced tab.
  7. Type Received in the Filter field (or select it from the flyout), select on or before from the Condition field and type 45 days ago in the Value field.
  8. Ok your way back to the Custom Search folder dialog. You can restrict the search to specific folders by clicking Browse and deselecting folders.