All of the time we drag and drop or, quickly say "yes/no" to prompts while checking our emails for school. home, everywhere! Its the information age and it seems just as easy to lose as find. Sometimes we can lose our emails while browsing and accidentally lose them just as we browse. Here is the easiest way to "re-find" emails in Outlook that have been misplaced (even deleted ones if you search right away!)
If you think you have lost an email, here is help from an original article from Microsoft:
Find a message or item with Instant Search
Need to find an important message in your crowded Inbox or folder? Instant Search helps you to quickly find items in Outlook. The Instant Search pane is always available in all of your Outlook folders, such as Mail, Calendar, and Tasks.
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In the navigation bar, near the bottom of the screen, click Mail.
If you don't see this, "Compact Navigation" might be turned on, so you'll see icons instead, like this:
Or, in addition to "Compact Navigation" being on, the folder pane might be minimized, so the icons are arranged vertically. You can expand the folder pane by clicking the Minimize/Expand button, as shown here:
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Find the search box. It’s at the top of your messages, as shown here:
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To find a word that you know is in a message, or a message from a particular person, type the word or person's name (you can use first, last, and partial names) in the search box. Messages that contain the word or name you specified appear with the search text highlighted in the results.
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You can narrow your results even further by changing your search. Here are some common examples:
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Type "expense reports" (including the quotes) to find messages containing the exact phrase "expense reports."
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Type expense AND report ("AND" needs to be in all caps) to find messages containing both the word expense and the word report, but not necessarily in that order. You can also use "OR."
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Type expense NOT report ("NOT" needs to be in all caps) to find messages containing the word expense but not the word report.
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When you’re finished, you can clear the search by clicking the
in the search box.
This article is only the beginning, there is even more. Head to the original article to find out how to:
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Narrow your search results
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Use Advanced Find (REALLY HELPFUL)
- Remove the limit on the number of search results
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