- [Instructor] I've discovered
that there are two basic types of Outlook users.
Users who go into the inbox and use Search
to search for something and users who go into the inbox
or another app or folder and simply browse
until they find it.
Remembering that Outlook Search wasn't stellar
back in the late 1990s.
I think that some of us got in the habit of being browsers
rather than searchers
but Outlook Search works incredibly well.
And I want to introduce you to the last of the truly
superb search tools that are built into Outlook.
And that's Search Folders.
There's one search folder that's built into the new Outlook
and then you can create more if you wish.
Scroll down to the bottom of the nav pane
and you'll see underneath RSS subscriptions,
Create new folder link and also Search Folders.
So I'm going to click Search Folders
and you can then click the one search folder that is there.
These are every bit of email that I have
that I either haven't read or I haven't followed up on
even though I flagged it so it's unread or for follow up.
Now, what if I wanted to create a new search folder?
Don't click Create new folder, right-click on Search Folders
and say Create new search folder.
So I'm going to choose a search folder
and the ones that are built in
include Flagged for follow-up, Unread mail,
and the combo of that you just saw.
Mail either unread or flagged for follow-up,
that's the third one,
and then I can find Mail sent directly to me.
And the reason I might create this is I want to find that mail
that was sent specifically and only to me
or just any mail where I'm not CC'd,
because if I have to triage the time I have with my inbox
I'm going to focus first on mail sent to me
rather than emails I was copied on.
So I'm going to create this
and I'll have a new search folder
and I have 831 items that were sent directly to me.
That's pretty slick.