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Thumbs Up icon in Outlook

Anonymous
2018-04-06T18:07:04+00:00

The thumbs-up icon in the web version of Outlook is great. Is there a way we can add it to the desktop Outlook app? Maybe a plug-in?

Our company is looking for a way to reduce email clutter and this is one of the fastest and easiest ways to do that.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-04-10T00:56:13+00:00

    Hi Dawn,

    Really appreciated your clarification for this.

    For clicking Thumbs-up to like an email without sending an email back, it's not feasible in Outlook client. It just exists in Outlook web version. Regarding this requirement, some customers have same concern with you. You can vote via Outlook Uservoice and submit your comments. Microsoft set a high value on customers' feedback and comments that can let us where need to be improved for our products.

    Thanks for your understanding,

    Iry

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-04-09T13:03:07+00:00

    Hi Iry,

    Thank you for your reply. Sorry I wasn't more clear in my questions. I'm looking for the ability to "Like" an email rather than reply to it. This functionality exists in the Web for Business version of Outlook (see this article):

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/like-an-email-message-in-outlook-on-the-web-for-business-cfd919a9-7c3e-40ed-a6e6-aabd7d2d2acb

    But I don't see it on our desktop versions that we use. It looks like this is the web version:

    Our organization is looking for a way to reduce extra email traffic, and with this functionality we can let people who email us know that we got their email and acknowledge it, without the need to send an email back.

    Thank you for your help!

    Dawn

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-04-06T23:33:34+00:00

    Hi Dawn Arbetello,

    The thumbs up icon in Outlook client you mentioned, if it's like as below capture?

    If yes, please try to find it as following steps:

    1. Compose a new email in Outlook.
    2. Move the cursor to the location where you want thumbs up icon.
    3. Click on Insert tab and select Symbol. Select More Symbols.
    4. In Symbols tab, select "Wingdings" under Font type. You will find the required thumbs up icon there. Select it and press Insert.

    If no, please provide us an example or screenshot of it to better understanding your requirement.

    Thanks,

    Iry

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-04-10T22:50:51+00:00

    Hi Dawn,

    Thanks for your feedback.

    For the third-party plug-in, sorry about this, we don't have a plug-in or add-in that can achieve it. And we also don't recommend you to use a third-party plug-in since it may influence the performance of Outlook.

    Regards,

    Iry

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-06-29T13:22:14+00:00

    You can use 👍 in Outlook. It's actually a special character, not an image, so should be compatible.

    https://emojipedia.org/thumbs-up-sign/

    There is also a thumbsup icon in the Wingdings font set that you can add in Outlook, but that one is less nice.

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