Notes 8: Change the colour of unread messages
One of the changes in Lotus Notes 8 email is that messages you have not yet "read", are no longer displayed in the colour "red". Instead, they are now bold, and in the first column the icon for an unopened envelope 
is displayed, as opposed to the opened envelope 
shown for messages you have already read. If you would like to change this you can, by editting the cascasding style sheet that controls the look of many aspects of the Notes 8 client.
1. Search your computer for the file notes.css.
2. Make a backup of this file!!!
3. Edit the file (in something like notepad) and look for the section
Change the value of color to either the word "red", or the code "#FF0000" (or whatever colour you want)
4. Save and close notes.css
5. Restart Lotus Notes.
Tada... (yes, I have too much unread email)
Warning: You'll notice that the notes.css file controls the way a lot of things in Notes 8 are displayed. Edit this file carefully and at your own risk, and remember, I told you to make a backup!
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1. Search your computer for the file notes.css.
2. Make a backup of this file!!!
3. Edit the file (in something like notepad) and look for the section
/* this sets the style for messages that have been marked as "unread" */
mailtable>row>unread {
color: black;
font-family: Tahoma, Times, Helvetica;
font-size: 8pt;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: bold;
}
Change the value of color to either the word "red", or the code "#FF0000" (or whatever colour you want)
4. Save and close notes.css
5. Restart Lotus Notes.
Tada... (yes, I have too much unread email)
Warning: You'll notice that the notes.css file controls the way a lot of things in Notes 8 are displayed. Edit this file carefully and at your own risk, and remember, I told you to make a backup!
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