Creating Custom Views in Outlook Express

Creating Custom Views In Outlook Express

The default folder views that come with Outlook Express are rather basic but it is possible to create your own custom views. Once created the view can be applied to the appropriate folder or all folders.

Here we are going to create custom view that only displays high priority messages.

1. On the View menu, point to Current View. From the screen shot below you will see that the current view is set to show all messages.

create custom view Outlook Express

2. Click Define Views and then Click New.

create custom view Outlook Express define views

3. In pane 1 select one or more conditions for the view you are creating. The View Description box (pane 2) describes the view as you create it.

create custom view Outlook Express edit

4 Click any blue underlined word (like priority above) in the View Description box to choose an option or to enter a value.

5. Click Show/Hide to decide whether to show or hide the messages that meet the view conditions.

6. In pane 3 give the view a name. The final view is shown below

create custom view Outlook Express name

7. Click ok.

to apply the view highlight it and click apply view, you receive a dialogue box asking you if it should be applied to the highlighted folder or all folders. Select as appropriate (here I apply it to the inbox only) and click ok.

8. Click ok to to close. The screen shot below shows the inbox with the priority view applied.

create custom view Outlook Express apply

9. To change between views go to the view>current view and select the view you want applied. The applied view is indicated by a black circle.

Note:
If you create a view that causes messages to unexpectedly disappear from view, simply change the Show/Hide settings for the view.

Sorting Messages in Outlook Express

Another way of managing messages in a folder is to sort the messages by their message properties. This allows you to display the messages by the date received , message sender etc. To learn how see the tutorial Sorting Messages in Outlook Express.

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This article/tutorial was written and tested on Outlook Express 6.0. It should also be applicable to Outlook Express 5.5. It may work on previous versions of Outlook Express with minor modifications.

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