Outlook - allow color highlights of key points of emails received

[thekrogman]

It would be great to be able to color code highlight emails I receive to
quickly order the key points of an email to refer back to them later.
Example, someone sends a long email describing a marketing piece they need.
Then I go through and highlight all the key points of that email (Tri-fold
brochure, company, history, contact info, etc.) rather than having to create
an outline in another program.

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[Roady [MVP]]

What features are you missing when you use Word as your E-mail editor?

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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It would be great to be able to color code highlight emails I receive to
quickly order the key points of an email to refer back to them later.
Example, someone sends a long email describing a marketing piece they need.
Then I go through and highlight all the key points of that email (Tri-fold
brochure, company, history, contact info, etc.) rather than having to create
an outline in another program.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9d22c0f9e&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general

 

[thekrogman]

Either I wasn't clear in my first post or you misunderstood. I am talking
about an email message that I receive, not compose. Can color coded
highlighting be done in a message that I receive?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

I thought you meant on replying ;-)

On original mails you can choose Edit-> Edit Message

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

 

[thekrogman]

Yeah...but that really doesn't do it. Even if the message is HTML you can't
highlight text or change the BG color (highlight). It would just be nice to
be able to disect a message quickly so when you go back to look at it it is
broken down into highlighted points...Let's hope that Microsoft reads this
and puts that feature in soon...

I thought you meant on replying ;-)

On original mails you can choose Edit-> Edit Message

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
Either I wasn't clear in my first post or you misunderstood. I am talking
about an email message that I receive, not compose. Can color coded
highlighting be done in a message that I receive?

What features are you missing when you use Word as your E-mail editor?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
It would be great to be able to color code highlight emails I receive to
quickly order the key points of an email to refer back to them later.
Example, someone sends a long email describing a marketing piece they
need.
Then I go through and highlight all the key points of that email (Tri-fold
brochure, company, history, contact info, etc.) rather than having to
create
an outline in another program.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9d22c0f9e&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The more votes... ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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Yeah...but that really doesn't do it. Even if the message is HTML you
can't
highlight text or change the BG color (highlight). It would just be nice
to
be able to disect a message quickly so when you go back to look at it it
is
broken down into highlighted points...Let's hope that Microsoft reads this
and puts that feature in soon...

I thought you meant on replying ;-)

On original mails you can choose Edit-> Edit Message

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
Either I wasn't clear in my first post or you misunderstood. I am talking
about an email message that I receive, not compose. Can color coded
highlighting be done in a message that I receive?

What features are you missing when you use Word as your E-mail editor?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
It would be great to be able to color code highlight emails I receive
to
quickly order the key points of an email to refer back to them later.
Example, someone sends a long email describing a marketing piece they
need.
Then I go through and highlight all the key points of that email
(Tri-fold
brochure, company, history, contact info, etc.) rather than having to
create
an outline in another program.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...9d22c0f9e&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general