When managing a lot of email correspondence, it is essential to quickly identify the emails that need your special attention. Thankfully, Microsoft Outlook makes it easy to highlight important emails so you can find them quickly and easily in your inbox.
Although some emails marked as important may not require your attention, you can still highlight the ones that do. In this post, we’ll walk you through a step-by-step guide on how to highlight important emails in Outlook.
To get started, go to the View tab and click on View Settings. You will get an additional View Settings dialog box. Click on Conditional Formatting, and it will open the Conditional Formatting dialog box. Here, you need to create a new rule, so hit on Add.
Next, you have to name your rule or condition. We suggest naming it “highlight.” Then, set the condition by clicking on it. You will need to add some additional information by clicking on Advanced and defining more criteria.
Select “Importance” from the frequently used fields drop-down list. Next, select “Equals” from the drop-down list and set the value to “High.” Hit “Add to List,” and the condition will be added. Then, select the font of your choice. You can change the font style and size, but the most important thing is to change the color to red.
Hit OK, and whenever you receive an email in your inbox marked with an exclamation mark, it will automatically turn red, highlighting its importance. You can easily identify and react to that email.
In your inbox, you can show important emails by changing the arrangement by importance. You will see that all emails marked as important will be highlighted in red, making it easier for you to separate and treat them according to your requirements.
We hope you found this guide useful. Happy highlighting!