Enable colored mailbox folders or Color coded All Unread Inbox
Enable to set colors for the (sub-)folders in the mailbox, because the human brain links words with colors easier. So when I search e.g. the folder "Verbesserungsvorschläge", I don't need to search the written folder by eye. No, I can search by the color, that I defined for this folder. I mean, that the background around the letters of the foldername should have a color.
Also, It would be great if there were an “All Unread” email from all different email inboxes. Then each mailbox inbox could have a different color and in the All Unread the emails from that inbox would be highlighted in that matching color. So you could have three email accounts and pick red for the 1st, blue for the 2nd and yellow for the 3rd. As new unread messages come into each email inbox, they would show up in the All Unread messages, highlighted with the color of the email inbox from which they came.
peter.uhlmann@murrelektronik.de
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Anonymous
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Being able to color code my email folders and subfolders would make things much easier and more organized! It would also be great to be able to custom organize the order sub-folders show up, instead of it having to be alphabetical. Thanks!
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John
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Allow users to color code their mailboxes and/or subfolders. I have many clients who have more than one mailbox added in their Outlook with many subfolders. It would be nice if they could color code their mailboxes so they can more easily identify where they're at as opposed to having to scroll up or down to see which mailbox they're working in.
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Anonymous
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I am surprised this has not been implemented yet, I have hundreds of folders for various projects, scanning thru them is arduous to say the least, color coding would make scanning so much simplerer.
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LW
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AGREED! We need this! Such an easy way to make things more functional for users.
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g_makowski@outlook.com
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It would be very useful if folders with new incoming mail were highlighted with some color (preferably a one you would choose). Thunderbird has this functionality. You never miss new mail, especially when you have many folders and filters.
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Anonymous
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In calendar you have the opportunity to change the color scheme, it should be able to for outlook all around.
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Anonymous
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I want to color code my email folders. I have about 100 email folders that I store my emails in. If there were even 4-5 different colors for folders it would be so much easier to find the correct file to put each email in. (and I do not mean the current color coding system that creates rules for each sender.)
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SL
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Hello,
I would like this but for ACCOUNTS.
https://i.imgur.com/oVSDZyQ.pngDo you think this mock screenshot is helpful?
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Anonymous
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Working daily in Outlook for over a decade now, my personal folder has dozens of subfolders, some of which have subfolders themselves. It is incredibly challenging and inefficient to scroll through the folder list to locate the one I need. I have attempted other ways - ALL CAPS, all lowercase, use of numbers for sorting, etc., but it always comes down to finding the initial folder I need that takes more time than necessary. It would be fantastic to have the ability to apply a color to each folder name (and subfolders!) - or as another person mentioned, applying a color bar/band behind the account name to highlight it as desired. Perhaps also consider to then have the option to apply a color shading scheme to any subfolders within so that, if the user desires, all folders/subfolders can fall under a single color shading band. With so many tools at our fingertips already, something fairly simple to aid in organization and improve efficiency would be a very welcome improvement!!
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Anonymous
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From memory Windows Live Mail had some of these color and bold options and also had 'All Unread' and 'All Junk' folders so it's surprising, and very disappointing, that even now Outlook 2019 hasn't got these.
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cgullestrup@outlook.com
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Please add the colour code option.
For the time being, I use emojis to make the important folders I work with often stand out.
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Anonymous
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Colored folders is a very basic function that should have been incorporated in Outlook a long time ago...
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Anonymous
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Four years and still no action from MSFT.
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Anonymous
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I work with multiple folders. I would like a folder with unread messages to turn red (or blue). Please provide this functionality, it's simple and it's useful.
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Michael VerHoef
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The need for this feature is obvious and the amount of programming is minimal. Please add it to Outlook.
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Eunbyeol Kang
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Please kindly add function to organize folders in colors. As I have so many folders with different objectives, it would make it very convenient to be able to scroll down and know what type of folder it is, just by looking at the color.
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Laura Bodman
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Adding color would make finding folders so much quicker! I have lots of folders and spend a lot of time scrolling to find the right ones. Please allow us to color code them!!!
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Vassileios Paraskevopoulos
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It could be also perfect to be able to put a filter of different colour by sender
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Anonymous
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Absolutely necessary
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Anonymous
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This is a no brainer MS.. you can do this!
