Create Rules in Outlook

Create Rules in Outlook. Emails can be organized more efficiently using rules. This feature is available in Outlook as in other email services. One can organize their inbox more effectively using rules. Also, users can flag or prioritize certain emails using rules.

That helps one to check and respond to emails faster. Rules can also help automate repetitive tasks. That makes it easier to sort out emails in one’s inbox.

To know more about using rules in Outlook, go here: Set up rules in Outlook – Microsoft Support.

Steps to Create Rules on Outlook Inbox

If you have not tried this feature before, here are the steps to get started:

  • Right-click on an email already existing in your Outlook inbox.
  • Select ‘Rules’ and under it, ‘Create Rule’.

Create Rules in Outlook

  • Choose among the conditions available such as “Subject contains” and specify the action (for instance, moving a message to a certain folder).
  • Select ‘OK’.
  • If you wish to run the rule immediately you can check the option to run the new rule on messages already in the current folder.

There are also ways to create rules from templates:

  1. One can start by visiting ‘File’ and ‘Manage Rules and Alerts’.
  2. Under this select ‘New Rule’.
  3. One can also select a template.
  4. After that users can edit rule descriptions by choosing among values given.
  5. One can specify certain conditions and finish setting up a rule.

In case one wishes to edit a value of a rule, he or she can click on the underlined value. To know more one can go here: Edit an Outlook rule – Microsoft Support.

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