Tutorials
Microsoft Outlook Tutorials
Creating a New Local Folder
You can create new folders to help you organize Outlook items. For example, you can create a folder for a specific department or person and store all the messages pertaining to that the department or person in the folder. Folders can contain only one type of Outlook item (e.g. mail folder, notes folder, task folder, etc…).
New folders can be created as a folder directly under your personal folder or as a subfolder under one of the existing folders, such as Inbox. When creating a new folder, Outlook asks if you want to add the new folder to the Outlook Bar. If you select Yes, the folder is added to the My Shortcuts group. The My Shortcuts group blinks briefly after you select Yes, indicating the folder appears there. If you select No, the Folder List opens with the new folder displayed. If desired, you can always add the folder later to the desired position on the Outlook Bar.
Exercise: Creating a New Local Folder
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Select the File menu.
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Point to the Folder command.
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Select the New Folder command.
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Type the name of the new folder.
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Select the Folder contains list.
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Select the type of items you want the folder to contain.
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Expand the desired folder in the Select where to place the folder list box, if necessary.
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Select the folder location for the new folder.
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Select OK.
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Select Yes or No to indicate whether or not you want a shortcut to this folder placed on your Outlook Bar.
