Microsoft KB Archive/177513

= OL97: How to Set the "Group By" View to Collapsed =

Article ID: 177513

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q177513





SUMMARY
In Microsoft Outlook 97, a group is defined as a set of items with something in common, such as e-mail messages from the same sender or Contacts with the same company name. You can group items to see related items together; for example, you can group items by priority to separate high-priority items from low-priority items. You can expand or collapse the group headings to show or hide the items they contain. This article describes steps to define a view that initially displays items in the collapsed format.



MORE INFORMATION
The following example groups your e-mail messages by Importance and displays the groups in a collapsed view.

NOTE: You can only group items that are in a view based on a table or a timeline type view.
 * 1) On the Outlook Bar, click Inbox.
 * 2) On the View menu, point to Current View, and then click Messages.
 * 3) On the View menu, click Group By.
 * 4) Select "Importance" in the "Group items by" list. Select "All collapsed" in the "Expand/collapse defaults" list box, and then click OK.
 * 5) On the View menu, point to Current View, and then click By Sender. In Save View Settings, click "Save the current view settings as a new view," and click OK.
 * 6) Type a name for the new view such as Importance-Collapsed. You may also want to select when this view can be used. Click OK.

The view you just created now appears in the Current View list on the View menu. When you select this view, the three levels of importance will display as collapsed groups. All items are hidden until you click the plus sign (+) beside each group.

