In this case, the Search Tools ribbon comes to the rescue. For example, you’re looking for a message from your manager, and you have 200 messages from him or her in your Inbox (or 2000, if you’re a piler like me and your manager sends as many messages as mine does). Sometimes, there might be too many results matching your Instant Search criteria. Use the Search Tools ribbon to refine your search If you’re looking for a message from Dan Wilson about some TPS Reports, just type “Dan Wilson TPS Reports” into the Instant Search box. Instant Search is always a great place to start. Here are three scenarios and strategies to find the email you are searching for.
We made great improvements to search performance in Outlook 2010. Now let’s talk about the main topic of this blog - search. Leave a comment below and let us know if you are a filer or piler. But most of my work messages stay in my Inbox. Personally, I am more of a piler - I have created folders and use Outlook rules to direct some messages automatically to those folders. Whether you are a filer (you keep messages carefully organized in folders) or a piler (you keep all of your messages in your Inbox), these three tips can help you find that elusive message. How often do you ask yourself, “Where’s that message?” Hi, I am Roby Kurian, Product Manager for Outlook.
We thought we’d share it again to help you out.) It’s obvious from the number of hits this page gets that people’s inboxes are still overflowing.