In Outlook 2010 I had a Category labeled 'Important' with the color 'red' assigned to it. If I designated an e-mail as 'Important' a red square would be shown adjacent to the e-mail in the Category Column. With 2013 however, I do not get the red square, I get the word 'Important' spelled out under the Category column.
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In Outlook 2013 I can not get a color category to actually show the color red. Instead it says 'Red Category'. This is not of much help. I want the message to stand out and having a red color next to it help, but now, for some reason, I am getting the verbiage 'red Category' instead of.
Anyone else seeing this? Any solutions? This is one of many categories I have assigned and none work. I have uninstalled/reinstalled outlook to no avail and then deleted and recreated the category, one again to no avail. After 1+ months w/O2013, I'm not seeing the value. May go back to 2010 (and this will be my last upgrade).
MS changing things for the worse for the sake of change rather than improvements. I'm running W7 64-bit.
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Outlook 2016 for Mac Outlook for Mac 2011 Filtering by category can help you stay focused because you see items only in the categories that you choose. For example, while you prepare for a trip, you can choose to display only the tasks that you've assigned to the Travel category. Filter messages by category. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Mail. In the folder list, click the folder containing the messages that you want to filter.
On the Home tab, click the arrow next to Filter Email, click a filter, or hover over a choice with a right arrow, and choose a filter under the submenu. Note: To turn off filters, on the Home tab, click Filter Email. You can also click Clear All Filters from the Filter Email drop-down list.
Filter events, contacts, tasks, and notes by category The navigation pane lets you filter items by category when you view calendar events, contacts, tasks, and notes. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, or Notes.
In the navigation pane, make sure that the category list is showing. Select or clear the category checkboxes to show or hide items in the item list or calendar. Show or hide categories in the navigation pane If you have some categories that you don't use very often, you can hide those categories from the list in the navigation pane. For example, you may want to hide the category listing for a project that has been completed. Hiding a category in the navigation pane does not hide all the items in that category.
It just allows you to see a shorter category list. On the Outlook menu, click Preferences.
Under Personal Settings, click Categories. Under Show in Navigation Pane, select or clear the check boxes that you want.