Since automatic formatting is part of a view's settings, creating a new named view "on this folder visible to everyone" should do the trick.

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"Jan Serpieters" wrote in message ...
I'd like to use automatic formatting (by categories) in the views of a public
folder and all of his subfolders. But only by setting up the formatting rules
ONCE.
Also the other clients on the network should view these public folders
automaticly with the same formatting.

Is it possible to do this? (shared categories and formatting rules or
something?)

Thanks in advance for the reply