While playing around with Outlook 2007 over the weekend I found a nice way to colorize the subject lines of items in the inbox view so that I could provide a visual way of filtering content from certain users.

It's somewhat difficult to find this feature, so I thought I'd give the steps here.

1. Select an item in your inbox in Outlook 2007
2. From the toolbar, select View, then Arrange By, then Current View, then Customize Current View
3. Click on the Automatic Formatting button
4. Add a rule, say called From Keith
5. Change the Font Color, size etc. by clicking the Font button.
   

There are a few major changes regarding Exchange 2007 licensing that create differences from previous releases of Exchange. According to our read of the latest information on Microsoft's sites, this is a summary of the changes as we interpret them. For definitive information, contact Microsoft or read the articles linked to in the "Sources" section below.

1. Outlook 2007 is no longer included as part of the Exchange Standard CAL ($67). Outlook 2007 must be purchased separately ($109.95) or as part of Office 2007. Customers who bought Software assurance on Exchange 2003 before November 30, 2006 receive a free upgrade to Outlook 2007.