Tech Tip: Easy "Mark as Read" in Outlook 2013 (Windows)

I just figured out this little trick the other day and wanted to share it with you. Although this isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things, it does save you some mouse movement and clicks.

So you have some emails that you want to Mark as Read. They're messages that you know you don't need to read or open, but it's annoying to select the messages and find/click the Mark as Read button.

Do I have a deal for you!





If you use the Reading Pane, just click the vertical bar on the immediate left of the message sender's name and subject! I know! I didn't know that button was actually a button that did stuff either!

And because this is fun and I am a visual person, here is a gif of the way it changes/works. Imagine a mouse pointer over the vertical bar. :)

Voila! Go forth and amaze your coworkers!