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- Topics Part 2 — Working with Topics
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Topics enable you to work in ways that help you focus and get stuff done.
Set your Favorite Topics to represent the projects, events, etc. that are the most important to you. Add, delete, or reorder your Topics within the Options window.
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- Working in Context
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When you select a Topic, only those messages that are tagged with the topic will be displayed. This enables you to work within a specific context, focusing your attention on just one thing at a time while minimizing interruptions from unrelated messages.
The All selector will show you all of your email messages whether they contain Topics or not. The None selector will show you only those messages that do not contain a Topic, which works well for new message triage. Selecting an individual Topic will show you only messages that contain that Topic, but selecting multiple topics will all messages from all selected topics.
An unread counter will display next to each Topic, so while you are focused in one Topic, you can keep tabs on what's happening in other topics.
Within a selected Topic, any new messages composed or new To-Dos created will automatically inherit the currently selected Topic. When a replies to tagged messages arrive, they too will automatically inherit that Topic.
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- Power Tips!
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Here are a few advanced techniques you can try:
Combine Topics with Search Tabs to find attachments, images, links, or a list of contacts that relate to the Topic in view.
To see all messages within a selected Topic, click on the Search All Folders selector within the Accounts Pane.
Try clicking on the Contacts Tab (within the tab strip) to see a list of people that you’ve recently communicated with within the currently selected Topic.