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Microsoft Support Use Favorites in Outlook
Documents adding folders and other Outlook items to a Favorites section, reordering favorites, and removing them from that personal quick-access list.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Favorites | Choose favorites when the main user intent is personal preference, affinity, or saved return access for known items. | Favoriting records a relationship between the user and the existing item without duplicating, moving, pinning, subscribing to, or changing the item. | Microsoft Outlook documents a Favorites section with add, reorder, and remove behavior for favorite items. |
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- Pinned items vs favorites vs recently viewed vs saved view
Outlook documents Favorites as a quick-access section where items can be added, reordered, and removed from the list.
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