I am getting confused between labels and categories. Can you give me some
ideas of how you use both labels and categories together. I keep wanting to
use labels for the things I should use categories for but I feel some
examples may help me.

We are very confused about which version of Outlook your question relates
to. Please don't expect us to have ESP. People give their time here
freely. At least give us a few clues about your situation so someone can
answer you.


Judy Gleeson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au



"oceanmist" wrote in message
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I am getting confused between labels and categories. Can you give me some
ideas of how you use both labels and categories together. I keep wanting
to
use labels for the things I should use categories for but I feel some
examples may help me.

"Judy Gleeson [MVP Outlook]" wrote:

We are very confused about which version of Outlook your question relates
to. Please don't expect us to have ESP. People give their time here
freely. At least give us a few clues about your situation so someone can
answer you.


Judy Gleeson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au



"oceanmist" wrote in message
...
I am getting confused between labels and categories. Can you give me some
ideas of how you use both labels and categories together. I keep wanting
to
use labels for the things I should use categories for but I feel some
examples may help me.




sorry about that - I usually put it in the subject line but forgot. It is
Outlook 2003.

Lables only exist in the Calendar. They are stripped when you send an
invitation to another person - so in my view they are a visual
representation of some aspect of your appointments for you to see. That's
all.

Categories are far more wide reaching as you can categorise emails, tasks,
calendar items, contacts, notes - anything!

You'll find many posts about using Category and then Grouping for Contacts
rather than making Distribution Lists.

In Tasks, I se Categories to show work that relates to each project or type
of work I am doing. My whole team can use the smae Categories and we can
send stuff to each other that's Categorised (each must add to own Master
Category List).

I use the rules wizard to categories incoming email. eg if it comes from a
sender with an address that includes @csiro.gov.au I put it in the csiro
category.

I hope that helps a bit!

Outlook version 2007 is going to be very different BTW.

--
Judy Gleeson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au



"oceanmist" wrote in message
...


"Judy Gleeson [MVP Outlook]" wrote:

We are very confused about which version of Outlook your question relates
to. Please don't expect us to have ESP. People give their time here
freely. At least give us a few clues about your situation so someone can
answer you.


Judy Gleeson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Outlook
www.acorntraining.com.au



"oceanmist" wrote in message
...
I am getting confused between labels and categories. Can you give me
some
ideas of how you use both labels and categories together. I keep
wanting
to
use labels for the things I should use categories for but I feel some
examples may help me.




sorry about that - I usually put it in the subject line but forgot. It is
Outlook 2003.