Outlook: Retrofit view for "Unread messages"

You want a special view for your work with Outlook that shows you only unread messages in a folder. This way you do not run the risk of missing an unread email. Although Outlook 2010 does not provide such a view by default, you can upgrade it in seven steps.

Create "Unread Mails" view in Outlook

1. To do this, switch to the message module by clicking on »E-Mail« in the left window area of ​​Outlook.
2. Then activate the "View" tab and click on "Change view" and "Manage views ...".
3. Then click on "New ..." in the following dialog, enter "Unread" under "Name of the new view", for example, and select "Table" as the "View type".
4. Also activate the option "All folders of type" E-Mail and Deployment "". Confirm these settings with »OK«.
5. In the »Advanced View Settings« dialog, select »Filter ...«.
6. In the following dialog, activate the "Only such elements" filter on the "More options" tab. Select the entry »Unread« in the combo box to the right.
7. Then close all open dialogs with »OK«. In future, you can use the "Change view" command on the "View" tab on the ribbon of a message folder to activate the "Unread" view.