Creating Folders in Outlook 2003 and 2007

Outlook offers the ability to create folders to help organize your mail. Using folders allows you to locate your messages more quickly. Folders are quick and easy to set up. Just follow these steps.

Creating Folders in Outlook 2003 and 2007
Instructions and Screenshots
Step 1

Open Outlook. From the menu, click on File - New - Folder.
display of the menu selections for creating a new folder
Step 2

Type in a meaningful name to identify the folder. Click on OK.

The new folder should now appear in your folder list on the left side of the window.
graphic of a dialogue box for adding a folder name
To use folders to store your incoming messages:

Select a message from your Inbox by clicking on it. Click on Edit - Move to folder... and choose the folder from the list. The message will be moved out of the Inbox list and into the folder.

To view messages stored in a folder, just double-click on the folder name from the list and the contents will be displayed.

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