Yes, you can do this. Open System Preferences. Select Keyboard.
Many users find that using an external keyboard with keyboard shortcuts for Outlook 2016 for Mac helps them work more efficiently. For users with mobility or vision disabilities, keyboard shortcuts can be easier than using the touchscreen and are an essential alternative to using a mouse.
Select Keyboard Shortcuts. Select Application Shortcuts in the left navigation pane. Click the + button to create a new shortcut. Choose Microsoft Outlook.app in the Application drop-down menu. Enter the exact name of the menu command you want to add.
For an Outlook category named 'Project X' enter that category name, 'Project X.' . Click in the Keyboard Shortcut field and press a unique keyboard sequence such as Control-Option-T. Click the Add button. For some more ideas about how you could add keyboard shortcuts to Outlook:Mac, check out in the Office:Mac Help Blog.
This was close. And it got me far enough that I figured out the rest on my own, so thanks. The one error was your step 7 said 'Give your shortcut a name, such as 'Apply Travel Category.' However, what you need to provide is not a self-derived name for the shortcut, but rather the specific name of the Menu item to which you are creating the shortcut. If I had a Outlook category named 'Project X', then I have to enter 'Project X.' It will automatically pick up that menu item and assign it to the specified keyboard shortcut.
– Dec 4 '13 at 19:41. I had mixed results with the above method. It would work once, and then just scroll to the last email received in my list after that. However, I launched Automator (in Applications folder) and created a service (looks like a gear) from the new workflow menu.
From there it only took 2 actions from the several Outlook choices included in Automator:. Get Selected Outlook Items. Set Category of Outlook Items Drag these items to the workflow area and select the Category from the dropdown. Save and and name this workflow. Then, select Services Services Preferences. From the program name in the title menu, scroll to your named workflow and double-click to the right to assign a keyboard shortcut. The only downfall is that this shortcut will work from anywhere, I will try to isolate it to work ONLY when using Outlook later.