Microsoft Outlook – Customising colour Categories

Customising colour Categories. 

1. Select Categorize from the Ribbon.

2.      All Categories.

3. Select either:

New: to create a new Category.

Rename: To Rename an existing Category.

Delete: To Delete a Category.

Colour: To change a Category Colour.

Shortcut Key: To assign a shortcut key to a Category.

Assigning a Category to Email. 

1. Open the email that you wish to assign a Category to.

2. Click on the Categorise icon from the ribbon.

3. Select the desired Category.

4. If the Category has not been used, Outlook will prompt for the default Category name to be changed.

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