how do I add a note to an email using outlook

How do I add a note to an email using Outlook

Hello all! I hope the following is helpful. The snippets are in order but apologize if they are difficult to follow.

1. From your Inbox, right-click on one of the Field titles or Column titles.
2. Scroll and select View Settings.
3. The Advanced View Settings: Single window will appear. Click on the Columns button.
4. Click on the New Column button in the middle. The New Column window opens.
5. Type whatever you want in the Name: field (ex: My Notes)
6. Select OK.
7. At the Advanced View Settings: Single, click on Other Settings...
8. Check the box next to Allow in-cell editing.
9. Select OK. Select OK again.

This is one case where Gmail wins hands-down. A 3rd party has created an extension which allows one to add simple notes to any given email - and believe me, once you've used this for a few weeks, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it. It's truly transformative. In this world where emails are such a big part of how we organize our lives, this feature is invaluable. Whether jotting down some notes regarding a troubleshooting email, or pasting in the URL to the reservation to a meetup - the uses are endless.

If MS adds this feature, they risk overdoing it. They LOVE to clutter up a function with endless additional features nobody wants. If they could just add the ability to attach notes to an email, that would be a win for us all. But they won't. They'll get lost in the weeds, doing weird things like trying to make the notes follow the "conversation" or some such.

But it WOULD be a lovely feature to have on hand!

Thank you - I didn't realize that I could EDIT a message and yes this is for sure helpful for some cases but the issue here is the concern you brought forward before...in THIS case, if you forward the email - YOUR notes WILL be visible. You can of course always delete them before you send, so thank you!!

The example I gave of simply putting your note at the TOP of every email in your inbox to indicate next steps for follow up - you simply click on the RED flag (in the middle of the top ribbon) and then click select "reminder" and where it says "Flag to" - you put in a NOTE and it ONLY appears and visible to YOU when you click on the email and will NOT be visible when you forward that email. So this is what I am doing for now until there are new developments.

Thanks!

Did you read my response above where I told you that you were clicking the wrong "3 dots"? :) They are just above and to the left of the ones in your pic.

I was able to get a screenshot to load for me this time, so to recap:

1. Double-click the message you are wanting to add a note to, in order to have it pop out into its own window.
2. Click the 3 dots at the end of your Ribbon at the top of the window.
3. Hover over "Actions" in the drop-down.
4. Select "Edit Message".
5. Be sure to save the message after adding your note.

When I am editing, I just type my note in BOLD red font above the rest of the message, so it stands out for me, but you can really do most anything within the message while editing.

Thank you for the reply. So when I click on the 3 little buttons, "edit message" isn't an option, only "forward, meeting and translate" (?)

I DO see that you can set a reminder under follow up and adjust that wording to put a little note that will show up at the top when you click on the email, but I was asking if there was a feature like excel where you can HOVER over the email and notes that would show up pertaining to the email (like on a cell in excel) - I believe there isn't but should be developed!

Thanks