Duplicate Filter and Search Combo Boxes

When Categorize Plus is installed, the default setting is to NOT allow duplicate Filter Combo Boxes and to NOT allow duplicate Search Combo Boxes. Sometimes though it helps to allow duplicate combo boxes when constructing complex filter and search criteria. The example below illustrates one instance when a duplicate combo box is useful. The precedence for joining the logical operators of different filter and search combo boxes is such that AND logical operations are performed before OR logical operations. Therefore, the filter criteria constructed in the example below could not have been constructed without the use of a duplicate Packaging combo box. To learn more regarding the precedence of logical operators and how to re-position a combo box that is displayed in the toolbar, then please refer to the Precedence of Logical Operators help topic.

Duplicate combo boxes can be enable independently for both Filter Combo Boxes and Search Combo Boxes. This is done by selecting either the Allow Duplicate Filter Boxes or Allow Duplicate Search Boxes command from the respective Filter or Search Menu. The location of each of these commands is illustrated in the Filter Menu and Search Menu help topics. In addition, the location of the Allow Duplicate Filter Boxes is also shown in the illustration below.

Note: Search Combo Boxes are only available when using Outlook 2007 and are not available when using previous versions of Outlook.

Example for using Duplicate Filter Combo Boxes: