Web Worker Daily offers these 8 Tips to Make the Most of Outlook. Some of the tips were new to me, while a couple of others were timely reminders of features I’d heard about before but forgotten. My favorite (and a new one, too):

Set Reminders to Act on Messages. If you spend a lot of time in Outlook, this tip can really boost your efficiency. Easy as it is, it’s very underused. To set a reminder—visible in your Inbox–to act on or reply to any message, right-click on the message you want to set the reminder for, select Follow Up, and choose your Due By time and date. When you click OK, the message will be flagged for you to remember to respond to, and the date and time will be automatically kept track of. To clear the flag, right click on the message and choose Clear Flag.

I frequently use my inbox as an informal to-do list, keeping e-mails marked unread until I’ve completed the tasks they relate to. This system can break down, though, when a couple of big e-mail days push that one unread message off the bottom of the screen. Being able to set follow-up reminders on the fly will not only increase my efficiency; it’ll increase my peace of mind.

Web Worker Daily: 8 Tips to Make the Most of Microsoft Outlook