> Is there an MVP monitoring this site. I have not received any replies and
> I
> would really like to hear from a person who can help, or a person who can
> point me to the right source to find help.
>
> Thank you
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> AnnieB
>
>
> "AnnieB" wrote:
>

>> Question without background: How do I copy Categories from a sent email
>> to a
>> received email.
>>
>>
>>
>> "AnnieB" wrote:
>>

>>> Two Questions regarding useing categories in Outlook 2007:
>>>
>>> First Question: How do I copy and paste categories from one email to
>>> another.
>>>
>>> Background
>>> In Outlook 2003, I was able to show the category field in the inbox,
>>> hightlight and copy the categories from this field, and paste those
>>> categories (sometimes as many as 10) into a task or calendar or another
>>> email. (when my emails are replied to, the answering email comes back
>>> with
>>> the category field empty, so I copy the categories from my recent email
>>> of
>>> the same subject and then paste that into the received reply. When I
>>> sort on
>>> the category field, all mail in the inbox or sent box appear together
>>> in the
>>> same category groups. No searching for emails in folders, etc. By
>>> using
>>> categories such as Travel and Proj1, Proj2, etc. I can look in any of
>>> the
>>> categories to find the same email.
>>>
>>> By using categories in this way, I never "file" my emails. I simply
>>> take
>>> each months inbox and sentbox items and move them to a personal folder
>>> which
>>> covers a year of inbox and a year of sentbox. Two boxes. Two files.
>>>
>>> Now all I do is go to one or the other inbox folder, sort by category,
>>> collapse all groups and scroll to the group I need. (I suppose the way
>>> you
>>> would see items in a folder, but without ever taking the time to "file"
>>> the
>>> mail.) This is very useful when I have email from Bob and he is
>>> working on
>>> more than one project with me, and sometimes his email contains
>>> information
>>> for each project. Rather than file two copies of the email, I
>>> categorize the
>>> email to Bob, Proj1, Proj2 and this one email will appear in any of
>>> those
>>> three categories.
>>>
>>> This saves me so much time!!!!! Which brings me to the second
>>> question,
>>>
>>> Question 2: Is there a keystroke short cut to call up All Categories
>>> List,
>>> so all I have to do is type a few letters of the category name, and tap
>>> the
>>> space bar to insert categories. The current way in 2007 is to find the
>>> option menu, choose categories, choose all categories and this is all
>>> with
>>> the mouse. I want to use the keyboard, which is much quicker for
>>> repetative
>>> tasks.
>>>
>>> Conclusion
>>> As you can see, it is very important to me to copy and paste categories
>>> from
>>> item to item and to enter them as quickly as possible.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help me find a way to do this in Outlook 2007?
>>>
>>> Thanks so much