Three ways to control your Gmail inbox views.

1. If possible, switch to view your Gmail messages in Outlook. That way, you will have more robust tools to sort and search

2. Experiment with your Gmail Views:

Click the cog and test the 3 main views:

 Add Preview Pane:

• Click the cog wheel above

• Click Settings

• Select Labs

• ·Enable Preview Pane

• Going forward, you can switch between regular and preview pane by clicking this button:

3. Increase the number of messages viewed on each page:

• Click the cog wheel above

• Click Settings

• ·On the General tab, change the maximum page size

Outlook Categories to Color Code Email, Calendar and Notes

Most of us completely ignore the Categorize button in Outlook, but it can help simplify your ability to view and sort messages, calendar entries and notes. Take a moment to assess and define several categories that will make sense for you.

Assign a Category to an Outlook Item

1.      Do one of the following:

·   Select the item and click Categorize from the ribbon

·   Right-click the item and select Categorize

2.      Make the desired selection or selections in the Available Categories list

3.      To add a new category:

·   Click Categorize,

·   Click to select All Categories…

·   Click New

·   Type the name for the category in the New Category text box and select color

·   Click Add and then click OK

4.      Click OK

Got FOMO?

One typically American problem is fear of missing out (FOMO). What is the longest that you have been "off the grid" in the past 12 months: no email, no text, no Facebook, no Instagram, no internet? I'm guessing the only time you are willing do that is while you are sleeping! Most of us will take our devices on holiday and answer work emails as well. In some countries, that is against the law. Stop doing that now! Get your email organized so that you can automatically control, forward and reply to messages while you are out of office.

Here is an article discussing why France is making that illegal