Color of Incoming Messages in Outlook 2010

Here is a different way to organize your emails in Outlook 2010.  You can have the color of your incoming messages from a designated contact automatically set to a color of your choice. Here is how you can set it up.

1. Click on the View tab
2. On the far left in the Current View group click View Settings
3. In the pop up window click Conditional Formatting
4. In the next window click Add, now once you have highlighted the new rule (which is labeled Untitled) you can rename it by clicking on it, now click Condition.
5. Now click the From button and you can choose a contact or multiple contacts from your address book, and then click OK.
6. Lastly click the Font button and change the color and/or font for this rule.

So now when looking at your inbox, you can easily find messages you are looking for just by seeing what color it is.