

It needs to be moved up to replace the "From" (You can remove "From", but the sort will work if you just move up "To" above "From". Within the Columns page, select " To" from " Available Columns" and move it to the right side, " Show these columns in this order". Under the " View" tab, select " View Settings" (look for the gears), and then select " Columns". This is not helpful when you're looking at sent items. When you create a new folder, by default, the folder organizes the mail by who it is "From". I already know who sent them!īy default, a folder in your "Inbox" is listed by who its "From", and messages in your main "Sent Items" folder are listed by who they are "To". As you can see below, my messages in my newly created "TEST FOLDER" folder for sent messages are all listed by who sent the message. If you add a sub-folder, you may be alarmed to see that all the mail is listed with your name. Perhaps you have some company related emails you want to group or perhaps you want to track your sent items by major projects.

You may also want to organize your " Sent Items" folder into different sub-folders. If the View tab is not visible, there’s no need to panic, simply click on the View Ruler icon to toggle On or Off the ruler in Word 2010.We hope you're keeping up with organizing your " Inbox" in Outlook using different folders to group your mail. Note: If the View tab is not visible skip to the next section of the guide.Ī. Click on the View tab in the Office Ribbon and then check Ruler in the Show group. Software/ Hardware used: Word 2010, but it should also apply to Word 2007.ġ. If you have any comments or questions, please post them in the comments section below. The guide below will show what the default Word view looks like and how you can enable the ruler while editing your documents. Click Ok, verify it's applying to new documents and click Ok. Click Format button and choose paragraphs. Select the New documents based on the template radio button.

This is particularly important to know when working on documents where margin sizes matter. Right click on the style you're using (probably Normal) and choose Modify. I for one, like the inclusion of the ruler because it’s a reminder of what the document’s margins are and where the different indentations are. The default view in Word 2010 excludes the ruler as part of the Print Layout View while editing documents. If you are upgrading from a Word version other than Word 2007, chances are you are wondering where the heck the ruler is.
