Creating a Folder in the Outlook Mailbox for Windows

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Microsoft Outlook provides the ability to create folders in your mailbox for organizational purposes. You can create folders with appropriate titles to which you can save relevant messages. Complete the following steps to create a new folder in your inbox.

Open the Outlook application.
Right-click on the name of your mailbox. Generally, this is displayed as your USC email address or your name. A pop-up menu displays.
Select the New Folder... option. A blank space, in which you can enter the name of the folder, displays.
Enter the name of the new folder. It is recommended that you select a name related to the messages you will be storing in this folder.
Select the Enter key on your keyboard to save the folder name.

Your new folder has been created and is available for use. Repeat these steps to create additional mailbox folders.