RelatedView: See the Whole Picture When Dealing with Messages

The IMS RelatedView is a way to get the whole picture of the current item you are viewing. Open the RelatedView to see all messages in the current email conversation plus all tasks and appointments generated from that thread. In Outlook 2007, the RelatedView is integrated in all messages, tasks, and appointments; expand it by pressing + at the bottom of the item. In Outlook 2003 and earlier, open the RelatedView by clicking the RelatedView button on the ClearContext toolbar.

There are four tabs on the RelatedView window:

• Related - This tab shows all of the messages, appointments, and tasks associated with the current message.
• ActionView - This is a control panel for the current conversation. See all of your To Do's for this thread - appointments, tasks, deferred messages, and flagged Inbox messages. You can filter by item using the check boxes at the top of the dialog and sort by status, date, etc. by clicking the headers. Toggle completed items on/off using the Show Completed link in the bottom left hand corner of the window.
• Alerts - This tab shows all active Alerts that apply to this message conversation.
• History - This is an audit trail of thread activities. Quickly view when you sent a response, created a task, assigned a topic, etc..

All four tabs allow you to print what you are looking at. If you change an item while this window is open, click refresh to update its status. Double-clicking an item in the list will open it.

Outlook 2007 Integrated RelatedView In Outlook 2007, the RelatedView is integrated into the Inbox message preview pane and all open messages, tasks, and appointments. Press Open in the upper right hand corner of the integrated RelatedView to launch the standalone RelatedView window.