Please provide instructions, how I can create a Customize Search Folder for emails, in Outlook 2007, that will contain mails that have been categorized in more than one categories (using condition AND) i.e. category A & category B

Hi,

Please follow the steps below to achieve the goal:

1. In Outlook 2007, right click Search Folders from folder list pane, click New Search Folder.

2. In the New Search Folder dialog, scroll down to the bottom and select "Create a custom Search Folder".

3. Click Choose button.

4. Give a name to your Search Folder, and click Criteria button.

5. In the Search Folder Criteria dialog, click Advanced tab.

6. Click Field drop-down list, select All Mail fields > Categories.

7. Change the Condition box to Contain and enter the categories name in the Value box. Such as "Blue Category AND Green Category".

8. Click Add to List button. Click OK.

9. Click OK twice.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support

Hi,

Follow the given below steps to create a customize Search  folder;

1. In Mail, on the Folder tab, in the New group, click New Search Folder.

Keyboard shortcut    To create a Search Folder, click CTRL+SHIFT+P.

1. From the Select a Search Folder list, click Create a custom Search Folder.
2. Under Customize Search Folder, click Choose.
3. Type a name for your custom Search Folder.
4. Click Criteria, and then select the options that you want.
   • The Messages tab contains criteria on the message content or properties, such as sender, keywords, or recipients.
   • The More Choices tab contains criteria on other message conditions, such as importance, flags, attachments, or categorization.
   • The Advanced tab enables you to make detailed criteria. Under Define more criteria, click Field, click the type of criterion that you want, and then click the specific criterion from the list. Then in theCondition box and the Value box, click the options that you want, and then click Add to List. Repeat for each criterion that you want to add to this search folder, and then click OK.

5. Click Browse, select the folders that you want to be searched.

6. Click OK to close each open dialog box.