Creating and Modifying Notes

Notes in Outlook are electronic versions of paper sticky notes. Notes replace the random scraps of paper on which you might jot down reminders, questions, thoughts, ideas, or directions. Like the popular sticky notes, you can move an Outlook note anywhere on your screen and leave it displayed as you work. Any edits you make to a note are saved automatically. The ability to color -code, size, categorize, sort , or filter notes makes these notes even handier than their paper counterparts. When you open a new Note window in Outlook, you simply type text to create a note. The first paragraph becomes the note name in the Notes folder. Outlook inserts the date and time that you created the note for your reference.

Create a Note

Click the Notes button on the Navigation pane, and then click the New button on the Standard toolbar.

TIMESAVER Press Ctrl+N in Notes view, or press Ctrl+Shift+N in any another view to create a note.

Type your note.

Click the Close button.

Modify a Note

Click the Notes button on the Navigation pane, and then double-click a note icon.

Type new text or edit the existing text.

Click the Close button.

Did You Know?

You can delete a note . Select the note or notes you want to delete, and then click the Delete button on the Standard toolbar.