"Organize" doesnt Organize   

hey!
 its Outlook 2007

i was trying to use the feature of colouring the outlines of emails using 
the button "Organize" which enables me to choose different viewing colours 
for emails according to certain coinditions.

i wanted it to show all emails that come only to me in red colour. it didnt 
work! and here is what i did:

Menu bar > tools > Organize > Using colours > Automatic Formatting > Add > 
"new name" > font > red > ok > condition > Advanced > Find items that match 
these criteria > "TO" box is exactly "choose my email" > add to list > ok > 
ok.


the same was done to colour emails sent from me to some mate and it didnt 
work where the condition chosen was :

condition > Advanced > Find items that match these criteria > " "TO" box 
contains "choose my mates emails" > add to list > ok > ok.

nothing worked :-(

.. any solution :-(

date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:24:01 -0700   author:   Jake

RE: "Organize" doesnt Organize   

Well

I have Just discovered that Outlook2007 Organize function is SO STUPID and 
it doesnt depend on the data that Outlook contains in the email.

In other words,  that silly feature "reads the characters" that exist in a 
certain field (To, Cc, Bcc, From... etc) without relating them to the 
Information that exists in the structure of the email or in the database of 
outlook

Example:  if i want emails from my mate Lucy to appear in red i cant just 
choose the criterion to be her email. NO, i should first make sure HOW her 
contact information appears in the "From" field.

so if it appears as ( Lucy ) where brakets are not included the criterion 
should be Lucy, if her contact appears as ( 'Lucy' ) then the criterion 
should be 'Lucy' with the apostrophe at both ends. If her email appears then 
the criterion is her email.. 

In other words,  Organize feature is not that clever at all as it reads the 
information field without testing the related data to that field..


SHAME indeed !

date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:55:01 -0700   author:   Jake

Re: "Organize" doesnt Organize   

that method uses the Display name, not the email address.  you can use 
automatic formatting for more options, including the email address - use the 
From field on the general tab.

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"Jake"  wrote in message 
news:ECA08F7A-8757-4021-87C9-8671CB2677F8@microsoft.com...
> Well
>
> I have Just discovered that Outlook2007 Organize function is SO STUPID and
> it doesnt depend on the data that Outlook contains in the email.
>
> In other words,  that silly feature "reads the characters" that exist in a
> certain field (To, Cc, Bcc, From... etc) without relating them to the
> Information that exists in the structure of the email or in the database 
> of
> outlook
>
> Example:  if i want emails from my mate Lucy to appear in red i cant just
> choose the criterion to be her email. NO, i should first make sure HOW her
> contact information appears in the "From" field.
>
> so if it appears as ( Lucy ) where brakets are not included the criterion
> should be Lucy, if her contact appears as ( 'Lucy' ) then the criterion
> should be 'Lucy' with the apostrophe at both ends. If her email appears 
> then
> the criterion is her email..
>
> In other words,  Organize feature is not that clever at all as it reads 
> the
> information field without testing the related data to that field..
>
>
> SHAME indeed !

date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:17:39 -0400   author:   Diane Poremsky [MVP]