Archive Assistant for Outlook® 2010 or later

In Microsoft Outlook® 2010 and 2013, the Archive Assistant creates a tab in the Microsoft Outlook ribbon in the Home tab.

NOTE

The GFI Archiver options are available only after Microsoft Outlook® is first restarted.

To manually archive an item:

1. In Microsoft Outlook®, select an email, calendar item or file to archive.

2. From the toolbar, select one of the following options:

Option Description
Archive - Archives the selected item keeping the same folder structure.
Archive File(s) To ... - Enables user to select and archive locally saved files such as Microsoft Office documents, images, PDFs and others. For more information refer to File Archiving in the Archive Assistant.

Archive To... - Archives the selected items to a specified location. Using this option, the user can:

  • Add a folder to the existing folder structure. To do this, click on the node where you want to store the file, click New folder and specify a Folder name when prompted
Archive Outlook Folder - Archives the whole selected Outlook folder. If the folder contains subfolders, the addon asks if you want to archive subfolders as well.

Archive Outlook Folder To... - Archives the whole selected Outlook folder to a specified location. Using this option, the user can:

  • Archive files to another user's mailbox. To do this, in the Find Mailbox field, type the name of a user mailbox you have been granted access to, then click Add mailbox.
  • Add a folder to the existing folder structure. To do this, click on the node where you want to store the file, click New folder and specify a Folder name when prompted.

NOTE

If the folder contains subfolders, the addon asks if you want to archive subfolders as well.

3. (Optional) Right-click email and select archive commands from the context menu.