Archive Assistant for Outlook® 2010 / 2013

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:

Manual archiving functions
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.

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

  • Archive files to another user's mailbox
  • Add a folder to the existing folder structure
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.