Keith O Hudson

Did you know you can edit incoming email messages in Outlook 2003? This can be very handy for keeping your inbox organized, or for making notes when reviewing an incoming email.

If you want to edit the subject line, you simply put your cursor anywhere in the existing subject line, then make whatever additions or deletions you wish to make. Click on File/Save on the top line menu to save your changes. To edit the body of the email, you must first select Edit/Edit Message from the top line menu. After you are done editing, make sure you save your changes.

I’m currently working on a project to download and organize pictures sent to me by email. When I’ve downloaded the pictures from an email, I add the word “DONE” to the subject line so I know I’ve finished saving the pictures from that email to my hard drive. After I have sent a message back to the sender, I add the word “Replied” to the subject line, so I know I have already answered the sender to thank them for their pictures.

I have often edited the body of an email to add a note to myself about action I need to take, or information I’ll need when replying to the sender, etc.

HINT: Make sure if you have edited the subject line or body before replying to the email, that you remove the edits when you reply if you don’t want the sender seeing them.