Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Outlook® 2007

Create a Folder

Suppose you frequently receive e-mail messages from the same source. To keep those messages organized, you can place them in their own folder, which you create. Folders can also hold other Outlook items.

Create a Folder

1.	Click File.
2.	Click New.
3.	Click Folder. [View full size image] The Create New Folder dialog box appears.
4.	Type a descriptive name for the new folder.
5.	Click the Folder Contains .
6.	Click the type of Outlook item the folder will contain (here, Mail and Post Items). [View full size image]
7.	Click the folder in which you want the new folder to reside (here, Inbox).
8.	Click OK. Outlook adds the folder.

Tips

Where is the folder list?

By default, Outlook displays the folder list in the navigation pane in Mail, but not in Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, ...