This simple Microsoft Outlook trick helps me sort my emails in a flash

Trying to distinguish between the emails directly sent to me and which ones I was just being Cc’d into in my Outlook Inbox used to take me a heap of time. I’d need to wade through each one and read the information to decide which ones were the most urgent to respond to and which ones were more for me to just keep an eye on.

That was until I learned a simple way to find out straightaway. What changed? I applied a simple conditional rule that allowed me to color code my CC’d emails.

What to do:

In your Microsoft Outlook account’s Inbox, select View settings from the top menu then Conditional formatting . Now In the top right-hand corner select Add rule .

Now from the drop-down menu under Condition select “ I’m on the Cc line. “

For the name field type “ I’m CCd. “

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