Visual: Coding Your Emails
The biggest threat a Visual Organizer has is out of sight out of mind! If this is you, then you are more likely to be a very Visual person. So keep that in mind when you are going through some of the organizing styles. The great part about being more visual is you have a wonderful world of color just waiting at your finger tips!
Flag Feature
If you have Outlook 2003, consider using the Flag feature to color code your emails; action types, to do’s, etc.
O Orange – To Do
O Green – To Call
O Red – Set Up Appointment
O Blue – Personal
O Purple – Business
Categorizing
Categorize your emails by Action Type. You can sort your emails by sender, by date, by subject and you can sort by Category. Plus you can incorporate the flags into this system to dictate what still needs to be accomplished.
Leave It
Why not just leave all of your emails in your main inbox and don’t file. If you need to find an email sort by sender, subject or category.
If you can’t identify with any of these solutions, don’t worry! You still have one more style to check out. Remember, just because you like the IDEA of being a Visual Organizer does not mean you are one. Keep your mind open to the other two styles and let’s see where that puts you.
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