Outdenting

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Larry

In Outlook 2007 on either Vista Business sp1 or XP Pro sp3, is there a way to
outdent folders and if so, how? Thanks.
 
DL said:
If you mean within Outlook folders Tree View, no.
Assuming I understood the Q correctly
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I think you did. Part of my tree looks like this:

Inbox
-Planning
--Plan Link
--Planning News
---Smalltalk
----Squeak
----Visual Smalltalk

The "Smalltalk" branch should have been indented under "Inbox", not
"Planning News". Do I have to live with this, or can I export all the
messages, delete the folders, redo the folders correctly, and finally import
the messages.

Messages are sorted into folders via "Rules" which appear to be similar to
"Filters" used under Thunderbird, so perhaps the rules need to be redone as
well, since the folders would be changing places.

Thank you.

Larry
 
You can simply drag and drop the folder tree to another parent then. No need
to import/export anything.
 
Roady said:
You can simply drag and drop the folder tree to another parent then. No need
to import/export anything.
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Hi Roady,

Perhaps I explained it incorrectly, as I tried that and it didn't work. I
could not highlight multiple folders and when I tried to drag "Smalltalk" to
the "temp" directory I got an entry in the "Temp" directory called
"Smalltalk.xnk" I did this from Outlook 2007 on my workstation. I have not
yet done the removal and reinstall.

This is the tree view under "Mail". The highest folder is called "Personal
Folders".

Best,

Larry
 
Select Smalltalk and drop it on the Inbox folder; subfolders will move with
its parent automatically.
When you are creating xnk-files, then you are dropping it outside of
Outlook.
 
Worked perfectly - thanks a lot!

Larry

Roady said:
Select Smalltalk and drop it on the Inbox folder; subfolders will move with
its parent automatically.
When you are creating xnk-files, then you are dropping it outside of
Outlook.



Larry said:
Roady said:
You can simply drag and drop the folder tree to another parent then. No
need
to import/export anything.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
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Hi Roady,

Perhaps I explained it incorrectly, as I tried that and it didn't work. I
could not highlight multiple folders and when I tried to drag "Smalltalk"
to
the "temp" directory I got an entry in the "Temp" directory called
"Smalltalk.xnk" I did this from Outlook 2007 on my workstation. I have
not
yet done the removal and reinstall.

This is the tree view under "Mail". The highest folder is called
"Personal
Folders".

Best,

Larry
http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----




:

If you mean within Outlook folders Tree View, no.
Assuming I understood the Q correctly

I think you did. Part of my tree looks like this:

Inbox
-Planning
--Plan Link
--Planning News
---Smalltalk
----Squeak
----Visual Smalltalk

The "Smalltalk" branch should have been indented under "Inbox", not
"Planning News". Do I have to live with this, or can I export all the
messages, delete the folders, redo the folders correctly, and finally
import
the messages.

Messages are sorted into folders via "Rules" which appear to be similar
to
"Filters" used under Thunderbird, so perhaps the rules need to be
redone
as
well, since the folders would be changing places.

Thank you.

Larry


In Outlook 2007 on either Vista Business sp1 or XP Pro sp3, is there
a
way
to
outdent folders and if so, how? Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
You're welcome! :-)



Larry said:
Worked perfectly - thanks a lot!

Larry

Roady said:
Select Smalltalk and drop it on the Inbox folder; subfolders will move
with
its parent automatically.
When you are creating xnk-files, then you are dropping it outside of
Outlook.



Larry said:
:

You can simply drag and drop the folder tree to another parent then.
No
need
to import/export anything.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

Hi Roady,

Perhaps I explained it incorrectly, as I tried that and it didn't work.
I
could not highlight multiple folders and when I tried to drag
"Smalltalk"
to
the "temp" directory I got an entry in the "Temp" directory called
"Smalltalk.xnk" I did this from Outlook 2007 on my workstation. I
have
not
yet done the removal and reinstall.

This is the tree view under "Mail". The highest folder is called
"Personal
Folders".

Best,

Larry


http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

-----




:

If you mean within Outlook folders Tree View, no.
Assuming I understood the Q correctly

I think you did. Part of my tree looks like this:

Inbox
-Planning
--Plan Link
--Planning News
---Smalltalk
----Squeak
----Visual Smalltalk

The "Smalltalk" branch should have been indented under "Inbox", not
"Planning News". Do I have to live with this, or can I export all
the
messages, delete the folders, redo the folders correctly, and
finally
import
the messages.

Messages are sorted into folders via "Rules" which appear to be
similar
to
"Filters" used under Thunderbird, so perhaps the rules need to be
redone
as
well, since the folders would be changing places.

Thank you.

Larry


In Outlook 2007 on either Vista Business sp1 or XP Pro sp3, is
there
a
way
to
outdent folders and if so, how? Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Worked perfectly - thanks a lot!
Click to expand...

Any particular reason you want the Smalltalk folder underneath Inbox? I like
to keep my folders on the same level as Inbox. If you want to do that, drag
it to the "Personal Folders" root instead.
 
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