Microsoft Outlooks Notes

Notes are electronic identical of paper sticky notes. It is one of the attractive feature in Microsoft Outlook used to record the strange questions, ideas, thoughts and reminders etc on paper. You can leave these notes open on your system screen while doing work. This is conducive way when you are to restore information which you might require later, such as text or direction which you want to deliver in other document. A note is the only feature in Outlook that you can use as a normal dialog box with a toolbars. It can be treated in an easier way rather than any other feature in Outlook.

Now How to create a note from Outlook folder:

• In notes on Home tab in new group, click on new note

Short cut to create note in Outlook press CTRL+SHIFT+N

• Type text on note and it get saved automatically
• To close not click on note icon available in the upper left corner of window and after that click close.

While working you can leave note open and drag it to any place on your system for easier viewing. To change or read a note in the folder, double click notes to open it.

Customize notes to make it more organize.

By default note appears yellow and in square shape you can its appearance like its font, size and color through an customize option.

Change default color, size and font of notes by following steps:

• Click on File tab
• After that Options
• Then Notes and Journals
• Select option you want under Notes options

Change size of existing notes

Adjust existing note size permanently by implementing one of the following methods:

• Drag lower right corner of note until it size you want.
• Maximize note to fill screen by double click on bar across top of note.
• To restore maximized note to previous size, double click on bar at top of note.

Change color

To change color of note, assign it a color category. But keep in mind whatever category you last choose not will appear in that only when you open it.

Assign color category to open note:

• Click note icon, Categorize and then do one of following:
• Click color category
• Click All Categories to open Color Categories dialog box and after that select check box next to color category that need to assign

Assign color category to close note:

Assign color category to a note that is not open by using either a list or an icon view.

• Click not to which color category is to be assign
• On Home tab, in Tags group, click Categorize and then implement the following steps:
  • Click on color category
  • After that click on All Categories to open Color Categories dialog box then select check box next to color category you need to assign

Note: Assign a color or category to Notes List view, by right clicking in Categories column of note to which you need to assign a color category. Clicking Categories column removes last color assign to note.

Show or Hide time and date on lotus notes:

• Click on File tab
• Then Options
• After that Journal and Notes
• Under Notes Options, select or clear check box Show date and time that the Note was last modified