Hi all
If you get a lot of emails and
it sometimes feels like a constant onslaught, do not fear, Amy is here!
LOL.
Create two sub-folders to your
main inbox, one called 'High Priority Inbox' and one called 'Low Priority
Inbox'.
Whenever you receive an email
in your main inbox, drag it into one of these two folders. Making the choice
between the two folders can be a little tricky at first. You need to figure out
the way you prefer to work in order to make this the most practical tool for
you.
In Microsoft Outlook you can
right-click on a folder and under Properties ask it to show you the total
number of items in that particular inbox. This is useful for your two
priority in-boxes so at a glance you can see how many items you need
to deal with at any given time.
Once you have dealt with an
item in one of the two in-boxes, you can then drag it out and place it into
another sub-folder. Having sub-folders is a great way of organising mail for
when you need to find it again. Before I did this, I used to spend a ridiculous
amount of time trying to find stuff using the search facility. But now I have
topic folders, and under each topic there are several sub-folders for its
sub-topics.
For example, if you go to a
variety of different meetings at work, your topic folder can be called
'Meetings' and its sub-folders can be the names of each of the meetings. All
agenda papers, meeting minutes etc can be found under each meeting's
folder.
This is what works best for me.
Do you have any other helpful ways of organising your inbox to share?
Amy
xoxo
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