Outlook 2007: Quick Flags

Outlook 2007 makes some improvements to the Quick Flag feature. Outlook 2003 provided six colored flags. Unfortunately, you couldn’t customize the names of those flags. A purple flag was always a purple flag, even if you used it for items related to your department budget. Outlook 2007’s flags are arranged by date. You can flag an item for Today, Tomorrow, This Week, or Next Week, or you can create a custom flag. Outlook 2007’s Mail view still contains the Quick Flag column. You can click the Quick Flag column to instantly flag an item for Today, or right-click the Quick Flag column and choose from any of the available flags or create a custom flag.

Quick Flagging a Message

 
Outlook 2007 changes the way messages are flagged. Previous versions of Outlook had six different colored flags. Outlook 2007’s flags are arranged by time. The available flags are

■ Today
■ Tomorrow
■ This Week
■ Next Week
■ No Date
■ Custom

        

      
By clicking on the Quick Flag column in the Inbox, you immediately flag an item for Today. If you want to flag an item with another flag, right-click the item and choose from any of the available flags.
 

    

To mark a flag complete, click the Quick Flag column again. The flag changes to a check mark, indicating the flag has been completed. If none of the available flags meet your needs, choose the Custom option to display the dialog box.
 

       

You can flag an item with a custom flag. You can customize the type of flag, start date, and end date; and you can also add a reminder. After you have customized your flag, click OK to save your changes. If you want to add a reminder to an existing flag, right-click in the Quick Flag column and choose Add Reminder to display. Then you can pick a date and time for your reminder.

You can follow the same steps on Windows 7 and Windows XP

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