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mark emails with colour manually (like in thunderbird)
- I made this video for you - https://www.screencast.com/t/xcmNLLzcm5XI - first part shows how to get categories working - a non-macro method and a using a macro - the end shows how to do conditional formatting.
The macro I used is here - https://www.slipstick.com/outlook/outlook-categories-flags-and-imap-accounts/
Alternatively, you can configure conditional formatting to change the text color: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/automatically-change-incoming-message-colors-and-fonts-based-on-sender-subject-or-recipients-4efbf993-fb00-4f2c-9a3f-78e64e4455ec
Both methods don't allow you to highlight the entire row though. The only functionality that does that is Flagging a message, and it's always going to be Red - no way to modify that.
VasilMichev it doesn't have to be entire row, but just colour, could be only letters in colour, something to use that emails stand out, so in inbox I can instantly mark emails like:
- red very important, do it today
- orange, less important, could be done today
- green, private emails not my work emails
and similar....
I will check links you have provided shortly, thanks.krolwioski Outlook has color coding using condition formatting in views - but you would need to have something to color code on - and categories as the condition would be the easiest. Unless you are using words in the subject or body or email address.
It only colors the text (you can change the font too).
This formats mail from within my domain - and shows what Outlook's Category feature does. Definitely not as visible as in T-bird.
ok, so I went through your links.
- conditional formatting is not for me, as I would like to have this done manually. to change colour where I need, quickly with one button, and remove colour quickly with another button.- Create and assign color categories, I even does not have such option.
I have edited my ribbon and added it, but it's grey and unusable, can't click any of those
