Setting Your Toolbar

Outlook features can be easier to access when the toolbars are displayed properly. Follow these steps:

1. Select Tools > Customize.
2. The Customize dialog box appears. Select the Options tab.
3. Be sure that the Always show full menus checkboxes are selected.
4. Click Close.

Setting Favorites

Outlook allows you to create a list of folder "favorites." These can be mail folders that you use frequently. Follow these steps to add folders to your list of Favorites:

1. In the Mail pane, right-click the folder that you want to move to your list of Favorites, and then do one of the following:
   • From the pull-down menu, select Add to Favorite Folders.
   • While holding down the right mouse button, drag the folder to your list of favorites.
     
2. The folder now appears in your Favorites list.

To hide Favorite Folders, click the Folder List button at the bottom of the Navigation pane. To display Favorite Folders, click the Mail button at the bottom of the Navigation pane.

Last Updated: 8/21/07
Last Reviewed: 1/30/09