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Folders / Personal Folders

Q: How do I organize my email messages into folders?
Q: How do I create Personal Folders?

Q: How do I organize my email messages into folders? Top of Page

A: RIGHT click your INBOX from the folder list (on the left). Choose New Folder. Type a name for your folder and click OK. To file an email in a folder, just click and drag the message into the folder on the folder list or Outlook bar.

Q: How do I create Personal Folders? Top of Page

A: To create a Personal Folder in Outlook 2007 Click Tools,
Options,
Setup,
Datafiles tab,
Add
Choose "Office Outlook Personal Folders file (pst) and click OK
Next, choose the LOCATION of the file. I typically suggest creating a folder in your MyDocs called OUTLOOK DO NOT DELTE, and putting all your pst files here (it's your choice).
Name the personal folder. Either let it default to Personalfolder.pst OR try username.pst. This will be the name WINDOWS uses for this file. Click OK

On the last window that shows up you can change the NAME of the personal folder as it appears in the Outlook Folder List. If you have more than one Personal folder - it might be a good idea to give each personal folder a different name - for clarity.

Just remember that this information is stored on your hard drive. If you should get a different computer, you (or computer maintenance technician) need to copy this file to the new computer's hard drive, and then point to it (in much the same way as above instructions) on the new computer. This file will not be available to you via the web or when you are working on a different computer.

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