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Create or Add Notes to Email in Outlook 2007-2016

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated

Notes are everywhere in our daily life, remind us of the incoming planning. In Microsoft Outlook, we can also create or add note to email in Outlook 2007-2016 to prevent from forgetting dates. Here are several ways that provide the following in different version. Go on and find the fixes for your computer.

Create a Note in Outlook 2007

Create note through Follow Up

Step 1: In the left pane of Outlook2007, click on Mail and select Inbox. If you cannot find it, go to ViewNavigation Pane > Normal.

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Step 2: Select an received e-mail, right-click and click Follow Up Custom. Alternatively, you can tap on the red pennant icon at the Menu Bar and click Custom.

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Step 3: In Custom window, choose options from the box behind Flag to, Start date and Due date. Tap on OK to save changes.

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Add note as attach item

Step 1: Open Outlook 2007, click on Notes at the lower-left.

Step 2: Click on New to create a note for the e-mail to be sent. Hit the X mark after finishing editing note.

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Step 3: Double-click on an email to open message window. Under Message tab, go to Include group and click on Attach Items.

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Step 4: When the Insert Item dialog box pops up, select Notes from the list and tap on OK.

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Add note to email subject

Step 1: Open email Message window, type note in the field behind the Subject.

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Step 2: Close the window, you will see the note show behind the email title.

Add Note to Email Outlook 2010/2013/2016

Add note to email Outlook 2010/2013/2016 via Follow Up

Step 1: Launch Microsoft Outlook2010/2013/2016, click on Home tab then go to Tags.

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Step 2: Click on Follow Up from the drop-down then select Custom.

Step 3: In the Custom window, set a flag, start date, and due date according to your actual. You can also set the time of reminder.

Attach note to new email in Outlook 2010/2013/2016

Step 1: In the left panel, click on Notes. Under Home tab, click on New Note. Or you can expand New Items > More Items > Note to create a note in Outlook 2010/2013/2016.

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Step 2: Switch to Mail, and create a new email.

Step 3: Under Message tab, click on Attach Item > Outlook Item in Include group.

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Step 4: In the Insert Item window, click Notes from the list. Tap on OK to finish.

Tips: In the Message window, input note content in the box behind Subject to add a note to email Outlook 2010.

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