A user wanted to know how to mark messages they had responded to. One method is flagging the items complete.

Another is to add a custom field to add checkboxes to the row so that you can mark the messages. Then you can use automatic formatting and filters to show or hide the marked messages.

To do this:

1. Open the Customize View dialog.
2. Click Fields (Columns in Outlook 2010) to open the Fields (Columns) dialog
3. Click New Column button.
4. Create a custom field of the Yes/No type and add it to the view.



5. Click Other Settings.
6. Enable in-cell editing so you can check (or uncheck) it to mark an item.
7. Return to Outlook.
8. Click in the column you just added to mark a message

Note: The actual checkbox may not be visible in the column until you click it.

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Last reviewed on Feb 25, 2012