Shortcut Key to Flag Mail in Outlook
Another shortcut key discovered by accident. I was moving around my inbox with the keyboard, deleting messages, when I mis-keyed and hit Insert instead of Delete. Much to my pleasant surprise I found that Insert flagged the highlighted message with the default red flag. If you hit Insert on a message that is already flagged, it marks it as complete. This works with one, or many, messages highlighted.
To clear the flag completely, or to set a flag with a color other than the default color, you still need to go through the standard process. I’ve never risen to the level of using the various colors for flags, so I’m not hampered by the default action of this shortcut.
I’ve only tested this on Outlook 2003. Can anyone verify this with other versions of Outlook? How about Entourage?
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8 Responses to “Shortcut Key to Flag Mail in Outlook”
#1
¬ Carm
May 31st, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Thanks for the tip. I will save it for after an upgrade. I see it doesn’t work in Outlook 2000. Darn!
#2
¬ Miles
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:26 am
Digg it… I found out about it myself. When I opened my Outlook one day, the message’s flag column keeps blinking between red flag and complete.
I thought I was getting a virus. I even re-installed Office. It turned out the Insert key was in between pressed and released state.
I fixed the Insert key, and now, the message’s flag colum does not make blinking red flag and complete.
I am wondering if there’s application out there for me to see which key is in pressed and released status. My daughter often plays with my laptop, and I dont have a clue which buttons she keeps pressing. If anyone knows, I would appreciate your sharing.
Thanks,
Miles
#3
¬ James
April 16th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Ahhh, awesome. Just what I was googling for. And it works neatly.
For those who love working effectivly with Outlook I can also sincerely recommend looking into Getting Things Done from David Allan
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#4
¬ Tom Kelshaw - Digital Strategist
August 21st, 2008 at 7:27 am
Awesome tip, thanks!
#5
¬ Catto
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am
Hey Now J,
So cool, this is easy & useful.
Thx 4 the info,
Catto
#6
¬ Ahmed
September 24th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
More than three years after your post, and it’s still valuable! Your tip will save my quite a bit of time!
Thank you for sharing!
#7
¬ Antonie
June 20th, 2011 at 4:14 am
Hi, the INSERT key still works in Office 2010. Thanks !
#8
¬ BIG P
June 26th, 2011 at 3:10 am
Perfect! Thanks for the INSERT KEY knowledge
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