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Search box has disappeared in Outlook for MAC 2016

Anonymous
2015-07-01T09:21:10+00:00

Search box has disappeared in Outlook for MAC 2016. It used to be there. I have checked View options and nothing there.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-07-02T02:04:01+00:00

    Try these:

    1. cmd-shift-f worked.
    2. View menu --> Show Toolbar.
    3. click on View > Customize Toolbar > right click on ' Add Search'.

    Any one of the above the steps should work.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-01-27T08:31:11+00:00

    At the top right hand corner there's the search field in Outlook 2016 for Mac. As it's almost invisible due to the default foreground and background color chosen, I hardly found it the very first time I needed it. :-)

    So in case other people like me are "color blind" here's the screen shot.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-26T12:52:25+00:00

    yes me too

    restarted Outlook and voila it re-appeared!

    thanks for the tips though

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-10T17:55:51+00:00

    Try these:

    1. cmd-shift-f worked.
    2. View menu --> Show Toolbar.
    3. click on View > Customize Toolbar > right click on ' Add Search'.

    Any one of the above the steps should work.

    None of these worked. 

    1. cmd-shift-f did nothing after the inbox folders disappeared

    2&3. the  pull down view menu has no pointers towards anything called "Toolbar"

    I have configured the preferences under "General" for "group similar folders, such as inboxes, from different accounts". If I uncheck that the missing inboxes re-appear but under the individual account listings. Sounds like a software bug to me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-10T16:48:20+00:00

    Thank Arshad! The cmd-shift-f option worked. However, after I quit Outlook and reopen it, the search box disappeared. Is there a way to make it permanent visible like the default view of Outlook for Windows?

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