Or even schedule an email to be sent at a specific time Having Outlook just read emails is a bit like using a Ferrari to get groceries.

But not as shocking as how many people who dont realize that they can easily search for a specific email in Outlook.

Were going to give you all the Outlook email search tips you can handle.

Its easier for programs to search through a database than a bunch of freeform text.

Click on the Search Tools button and then on Indexing Status.

That will ensure that the search is as complete as possible.

If you find that it slows down Outlook or your computer too much, you can turn off indexing to get better computer performance.

Use the up and down arrows beside this area to determine where it will appear in the ribbon, or leave it where it is.

On the left side, well see that we can set the scope to All Mailboxes, Current Mailbox, Current Folder, Subfolders, or All Outlook Items.

Some people may have both their work and personal email accounts in Outlook.

Ensure that the mailbox is selected in the left pane of Outlook.

Because of the large amount of data, searches on this scope can be slow and yield unnecessary results.

We could have something as complex as TPS report AND weekend OR giraffe NOT great.

Its most simply done from the Instant Search field at the top of our inbox.

The search operators can be used here to help make the search more specific.

We can also just type the whole term directly into the Instant Search.

It will show the options; Today, Yesterday, This Week, Last Week, This Month, Last Month, This Year, Last Year.

When a day name is used, Outlook will search only on the most recent of that day.

This should be combined with another type of search to narrow the field.

For example, to search the red category, wed type category:Red Category.

Other options are followupflag:unflagged and followupflag:completed.

Clicking on that will return any items that are marked important.

For example, if were looking for items that are important and flagged, we can enter importance:high followupflag:followup flag in the search bar.

Use this as a springboard into learning what else Outlook can do for you.

Search Inbox In Outlook For Mac