I often find myself forwarding email messages to other people. When I need to forward multiple messages, I combine them into a single message which is much more efficient than having to forward multiple messages. Outlook 2010 makes it simple to combine multiple messages and forward them as a single email.

Let’s take a look at a scenario where this feature might be useful. A new person joins my project team. I have six emails that I need to share with this individual to bring them up to speed on the project. I can forward each message individually or I can group all six emails together and forward them in a single email. The latter is much more efficient and probably much easier for the new team member because he/she only needs to open a single email to access the project related messages.

To forward multiple emails as a single message in Outlook 2010:

1. Within Outlook, select one of the messages that you want to forward.
2. While holding down the CTRL key, select any additional messages you want to forward.
3. On the Home tab, within the Respond group, click the Forward option.

Outlook automatically adds the messages you selected in step 1 and 2 as an attachment in a new message. Finally enter the address(es) to which you want to forward the messages to in the To: field and press Send. Definitely much easier than forwarding each message individually.