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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 Personal Folder(s) in Outlook XP (2002): click Tools/ Options/ Mail Setup/Data Files/ Add after this point, it will ask for the directory/path of your Personal Folders. You decide where this file belongs. My Documents is a good place!

To create a Personal Folder in Outlook 2007 Click Tools, Options, Setup, Datafiles, Add

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.

FYI: pst files are a "hidden" file in Windows 2000+.


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