Help, Subfolder view

[Jorge]

Please any comments are appreciated:

This is a copy of my original question

is there a way to maintain the subfolders intact when you collapse the parent
folder in the Outlook folder list view?, i will explain:

when you browse through the system folders using Windows explorer any
expanded subfolder does not collapse when you collapse the parent folder.
when you are in outlook and have many subfolders as soon as you collapse the
Inbox all of the subfolders are collapse as well.

Many of our users have lots of subfolders and they refer to them may times
during the day and they have drill down everytime they collapse the inbox.

i was able to find a prevoius question but the answer given does not apply
to the folder list view, please see below message:

Hi

I have many subfolders. As I need all of them I keep
them expanded. But when I close Outlook and reopen it,
those expanded folders are not saved. I have to reopen
them 1 by 1 to find what I need. Is there a possibility
to have them saved so that when I reopen Outlook I would
be able to see all of them ?

Thanks for your help.

Garry

View | Arrange By | Current View | Customize Current View | Groups. Set
the Expand/Collapse defaults to always open (or whichever).


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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No, you can't control it.

What version of outlook? They can add the folders to the outlook bar or
favorites folder list to make it easier to find in they must use a lot of
folders.

BTW - nested subfolders are a poor message management techniques. They
should be using custom views.

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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[Jorge]

Thanks Diane for your comments.
Outlook 2003 is the version use in our office. The Users have mutliple
nested subfolders so the Favorite list will be to large.

As far as the custom view, unless I am missing something using this option
the e-mails will have to be on a single folder for the view to work, so that
might not work well.

Subfolders seems the most common approach, and i would think that the
majority of users manage their e-mails as managing a file system

any thougths?

Thanks.

JOrge

No, you can't control it.

What version of outlook? They can add the folders to the outlook bar or
favorites folder list to make it easier to find in they must use a lot of
folders.

BTW - nested subfolders are a poor message management techniques. They
should be using custom views.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

Please any comments are appreciated:

This is a copy of my original question

is there a way to maintain the subfolders intact when you collapse the
parent
folder in the Outlook folder list view?, i will explain:

when you browse through the system folders using Windows explorer any
expanded subfolder does not collapse when you collapse the parent folder.
when you are in outlook and have many subfolders as soon as you collapse
the
Inbox all of the subfolders are collapse as well.

Many of our users have lots of subfolders and they refer to them may times
during the day and they have drill down everytime they collapse the inbox.

i was able to find a prevoius question but the answer given does not apply
to the folder list view, please see below message:



View | Arrange By | Current View | Customize Current View | Groups. Set
the Expand/Collapse defaults to always open (or whichever).


--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
http://www.scgab.com