Outlook 2016 Intermediate/Advanced

Lesson – Customizing Views

Outlook 2016

Open the Custom View Organizer, select the SportsPro Account Messages custom view, select Delete and then OK . Select the Messages view and use the Reset button to reset it. Close the Custom View Organizer . Then apply the Sent To view to the Sent Items folder and the Messages view to the Inbox folder.

D EFINING A N EW C USTOM V IEW  D ISCUSSION

Create custom views for use in any Outlook folder. Define a custom view to display specific fields quickly, group and sort items, filter items automatically, and format the view according to your preferences. All settings in a custom view are automatically applied each time you switch to the custom view.

Custom views are available on the Current View submenu, the Current View pane in the Navigation Pane, and the Current View list on the Advanced toolbar.

NOTE Select Copy in the Define Views dialog box to copy an existing view, rename it, and modify it so that the new view is based on an existing view. Select Modify to add grouping, sorting, and filtering to an existing view. Selecting Apply View in the Define Views dialog box closes the dialog box and applies the new view.

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P ROCEDURES 1. Open the folder for which you want to create a custom view.

2. Select the View tab

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3.

Click the Change View

icon.

4. Click Manage Views… .

5. Select New

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6. Type the desired name for the custom view.

7. Select the type of view upon which you want to base the custom view from the Type of view list box.

8. Select the desired option under Can be used on .

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