{"id":3181,"date":"2015-06-14T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2016-12-05T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:00:17","slug":"on-iphoneipad-mail-app-finding-e-mail-by-outlook-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/on-iphoneipad-mail-app-finding-e-mail-by-outlook-category\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone\/iPad Mail App: Finding E-mail by Outlook Category"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 14, 2015 (updated Dec 5 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n

You probably know that you cannot see Outlook Categories<\/a> on the native iPhone\/iPad Mail app (the Mail app\u00a0delivered with your iOS device). For example, you can’t display a list of mail grouped by Category. But, you can still easily display <\/em>your e-mail by Outlook Category, one category at a time<\/em>. You do that using the Search box at the top of the Mail app (swipe down to see it).<\/p>\n

To do this, simply type into that search field the phrase Category:accounting<\/strong> (assuming accounting<\/em> is the Category you are searching for). This will display all mail in the selected folder that has that Outlook Category assigned to it (and only that mail).<\/p>\n

Here’s a screenshot from my iPhone where I am searching in my Processed Mail folder<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The only mail now shown is mail in the Processed Mail folder with that category assigned to it. So, if you are using Outlook Categories to file mail (something I highly recommend, see Chapter 8 in my Outlook book), and use an iPhone or iPad, you can find your mail!<\/p>\n

(Note: I’ve only tested this on an Exchange account, so I am not sure how this would work with say an Outlook.com account, or any other servers that support Outlook Categories. Let me know if you test that.)<\/p>\n

This search also works\u00a0in the third party iPhone\/iPad Outlook app (the one created by Microsoft). I am not a fan of that app however, I prefer the regular iPhone Mail app.<\/p>\n

Still No Way To Assign<\/em> Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n

By the way, there is still no way to assign<\/em> Outlook Categories to mail within the native iPhone Mail app (or in Microsoft’s Outlook app). \u00a0That’s okay by me though, because I do all my e-mail filing at the end of each day when back at my laptop or desktop. It’s just much easier to do mail filing on a full copy of Outlook.<\/p>\n

If you want to assign categories on your iPhone, you’ll need to install one of two 3rd-party e-mail apps: Preside, or Touchdown. If you are a power user, Preside is my current favorite, it has a ton of optional settings (by the way Outlook Categories are called Tags in Preside). But by default is in a very simple mode.<\/p>\n

Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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