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A user had this question: Is it possible to have an email filter on Outlook that sends emails to a folder but also shows up in your Inbox so I don't miss any emails? Sure, you could do this with a rule that copies the message to another folder, but why would you want to create duplicate messages when you could use an Unread Search folder to display all unread messages in the … [Read more...] about Use an Unread Search Folder to Find Messages

An Outlook 2013 user wanted to change the Search provider that is used when you right click on text in Outlook: In Outlook 2013, I can right click on a word and a menu pops up and I am able to "Search with Bing". I know Bing belongs to Microsoft but I don't like using it. Is there any way I can change this search engine to Google instead?? You sure can, all it takes is … [Read more...] about Tip 1101: Change the Search Provider in Office 2013

When you needed to find messages and other Outlook items associated with a contact in older versions of Outlook, you could use the Activities page on the contact see everything linked to that contact. However, Activities was removed from Outlook 2013. While the People Pane replaces some of the functionality of Activities, it is limited to the last 200 items (but that can be … [Read more...] about Tip 1098: Searching for messages from a contact

A user recently had this query:I want to set up a condition that allows me to highlight all messages from my boss, say, as red, then I would also be able to filter to show only those emails highlighted as red.Conditional Formatting (called Automatic Formatting in older versions of Outlook) is used to color messages from someone. This is actually a view and the color … [Read more...] about Tip 1079: Filtering Outlook emails by color

I have a feeling the changes introduced in the Search People feature (in the Home ribbon, formerly Find a Contact) is going to result in a lot of questions down the road, as more people upgrade to Outlook 2013.I upgraded to Office 365 Home Premium. If I search for a Contact in Outlook, using the search box at the top of my Contacts list, all I receive is the message: "We … [Read more...] about Tip 1067: Search People finds contacts that don't exist