#MAC OUTLOOK FLAG FOR RECIPIENTS FULL#

Use the instructions in the next section when you use only the IMAP account and use the 'this computer only' folder for Calendar and Contacts.

These instructions are for Outlook 2010 and below or Outlook 2013 and newer when you have a separate pst file for calendar and contacts, in addition to the IMAP data file. Using Categories with IMAP Accounts Workaround Select a different message then switch back to the original message and you should be able to flag messages without error. This error is because Outlook is syncing with the server. You may occasionally receive an error message when flagging items in IMAP accounts. When an IMAP account is configured in Outlook, there is just one option for flags: either flagged or not flagged.

The user went on to add 'My solution right now is to just have a 'dummy' task that I can select with the other tasks I want to change, but it's a pain to work around a bug like this, especially since Microsoft is expecting me to pay monthly for the software.' Flags with IMAP accounts

#MAC OUTLOOK FLAG FOR RECIPIENTS FULL#

In an open Task, the Categorize button has one option: clear all but keyboard shortcuts will add categories… and yes, the full category menu is available on the right-click context menu. Select 2 or more tasks and viola! The full flag and category menus appears on the context menu. The only option for Categories is Clear All Categories (when you click on the Category column).

When you right click on one task, you'll get the short IMAP version of the context menu, with options to Flag, Mark Complete, or Delete. Yes, in the wacky world of Outlook 2013 IMAP accounts, the category picker on the Options dialog is disabled on mail, appointments, and tasks but it works on Contacts.Ī user discovered the trick to creating full reminders and color categories on tasks: select more than one. You can even add categories from the options dialog (File, Properties). The keyboard shortcuts work for categories and as with the other Outlook items, once a category is applied, you can right click on it and make changes. In Contacts, all of the flag options are available. Once you add a category to an appointment, you can open the category MRU by right clicking on the category bar in the open appointment. But you can add categories if you assign keyboard shortcuts to at least one category and apply it. The category picker is missing from appointments. Whether you can add a category an appointment or contact, or add a category or reminder to a task depends on what view you are using and whether you know all the right tricks. There is no reason why full flags and categories shouldn't work in an ost file, but users are stuck with the IMAP implementation, where flags are limited to on or off and the Categories button is non-existent. If having special 'this computer only' folders with reduced capabilities in Outlook's IMAP accounts isn't bad enough, I'm left scratching my head when I look at the half-removed Flag and Category features users have come to expect in Outlook. Categories and Flags in Outlook 2013 and newer

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