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Outlook 2007: Changing the e-mail subject received from another person

Did you know that you can change the e-mail subject that someone has sent to you? The subjects could now be used with a filter for sorting.

To do this perform the following steps:

1. Double clock on the e-mail message to open it
2. Click somewhere in the subject text
3. Change the text by typing, editing, deleting, etc.
4. On the upper right of the window, click on the "X" to close this window
5. You will get a pop-up dialog box informing you that the properties of the message have been changed, do you want to save the changes to this message?
6. Select and click "Yes"
7. It will save the changes.
8. Now go to the mail folder where the message resides and note the subject changes that you just performed.