Trouble using keyboard shortcut for color categories in Outlook 2016

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Outlook 2016 32 bit
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I use Windows 7 but just added Outlook 2016 as a stand-alone feature. My GMail email is IMAP-configured, and I need to be able to categorize my emails according to color. I used to be able to do this when I had Outlook 2007, but the function no longer works in Outlook 2016.

Since IMAP supposedly does not allow for color categories, I read on slipstick about the workaround using keyboard shortcuts... Where assigning a shortcut to a color can trick accounts using IMAP to display a color: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/outlook-categories-flags-and-imap-accounts/

However, while I am able to apply the shortcut and create new colors on emails I click on in my archived folders, the shortcut function still does not work in my GMail account. What could be the problem?

Many thanks for your help!
 
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