Do you ever send an email message where you ask for feedback by a specific date? If so, you probably type it in the message, perhaps in bold. You might even add it in the subject line.
But did you know you can set a flag that will remind recipients to follow up the email on the date you specify?
Here’s how:
- Create the new message, as normal. (CTRL + N, anyone?)
- On the Message tab, in the Tags group, click Follow Up, followed by Custom.
- Tick the Flag for Recipients check box.
- Select an action from the drop-down list or type your own instruction.
- Tick the Reminder check box (or press TAB and the SPACEBAR).
- Press TAB and type the date (e.g. 1/3 or today, tomorrow, next week, next month).
- Press TAB and type the time (e.g. 3PM).
- Press ENTER or click OK.
Mail messages with a follow-up flag have a flag icon in the Inbox listing. A flagged email also appears in the To-Do Bar. When the reminder becomes overdue, the normal Reminder box is displayed.Dismissing reminders only removes the reminder, not the flag.
To remove the flag, right-click the item and select Mark Complete.
See tip 103 and tip 67 for additional information related to Outlook reminders.
* Unless stated otherwise, these tips were written for Microsoft Office 2010.
23 February 2016
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