It is often necessary to store emails in PaperWise for documentation purposes. You may already know you can send emails can directly to PaperWise from Outlook, but did you know what you can add a column to your Outlook inbox that tells you which emails you sent to PaperWise? This handy feature can be turned on in just a few easy steps. You can follow the steps in this article and watch the video on our Ignition training page available through myPaperWise, or visit the PaperWise YouTube channel and watch the video there.
 

To add the “Sent to PaperWise” column to your Outlook Inbox:

1. With Outlook open, right-click on the column bar at the top of your Inbox. The pop-up menu shown below should appear.

1. Select Field Chooser from the pop-up menu. 

2. On the Field Chooser dialogue box, click the drop-down arrow, scroll down of the list and select User-defined fields in Inbox. The Sent to PaperWise box will appear.

1. Left-click on the Sent to PaperWise box and drag it to the column headings area of your Inbox.

4. Once you release the mouse click, the Sent to PaperWise column will be added to your Inbox headings.

Renaming the Sent to PaperWise Column

After you have added the Sent to PaperWise column, you may want to shorten the name to something that takes up less space. To do this, follow the instructions listed below.

1. Right-click on the Sent to PaperWise heading and select Format Columns from the pop-up menu.

2. On the Format Columns dialogue box, click to highlight Sent to PaperWise in the Available Fields column.

1. Click the Label field and rename the field. You may want to select Best Fit or indicate a specific width of the Sent to PaperWise column to prevent the new column from edging out existing columns on your Inbox header bar.

Summary

Adding the Sent to PaperWise column is a helpful and easy way to track of what emails you have sent to PaperWise.