Edit Email Subject Line in Outlook 2003 or 2007

By Sheri Trine | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0) (1,272 views)
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I’ve been wanting to be able to edit the subject line of emails while they were in my Inbox so that when I file them in different folders I can more accurately remember what is in the content of that email. What you should put as a subject line of your email is a whole different topic!! I knew you could do it in other email packages, so Microsoft had to hide it somewhere, right? Well it is there….just a little buried.

While looking at your Inbox go to View/ Current View / Customize Current View. Click on the Other Settings button. There is a check box along the right that says Allow In Cell Editing. Click that check box and you can now edit your subject line. Quick and easy!


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  • Craig
    Thank you for helping me with my headache that I call Microsoft.
  • Haha, anytime!
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  • dtriniman
    Fantastic and easy-to-read/understand.
  • Thanks. Glad to help. And it's so nice to be able to change the subject to better organize emails.
  • todddavis
    Thanks so much for the tip. This has bothered me for quite some time.
  • G Peters
    Brilliant! I KNEW you could do it, thanks for sharing how.
  • glad to help out! definitely comes in handy when you need to change the subject to match the body of the email. sure helps with searches, etc. let us know if you have any other questions.

    also, something that might be useful is our 1 hour free iLearn Webcast on MS Outlook 2007 Tips and Tricks on Monday, August 3rd. To register visit, http://www.springhouse.com/iLearn and look for the Outlook webinar!
  • Lowell
    In Outlook 2003 the INBOX go to View/ Current View / Customize Current View. Click on the Other Settings button. There is a check box along the right that says Allow In Cell Editing.

    DOES NOT exist on my Outlook.

  • In Outlook 2003, it is View / Arrange by / Current View / Customize Current View

    In 2007 the Arrange by was deleted.
  • this does come in very handy! The main reason I edit a subject line is to keep the SUBJECT of the email correct. There are a lot of times where you'll have emails going back and forth and people never change the subject line but no doubt the actual discussion in the email has changed.

    Other things i do is keep part of the original subject and add additional words to the end of the subject line.
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