Change the color of a note

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Having notes of different colors can help you be more organized, and sometimes different-colored notes will help put a smile on your face.

Outlook enables you to easily change the color of a note:

   1.   Click the note icon in the top-left side of the note with your left mouse button to open the popup menu:

Notes popup menu in Outlook 2007

   2.   Move your mouse over the Categorize menu item to display the Categorize submenu.

   3.   Now simply choose the desired color for the note.

You can also change the color of a note without opening it by right-clicking it and selecting a color from the Categorize submenu:

Notes item popup menu in Outlook 2007

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