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Hi, I am using the most recent version of Office 365 Outlook, and since I updated to the new layout, I am not able to copy a complete email anymore.
The only option I have is to copy and move the email to a certain number of preset folders. However, I mostly use this function to copy and add the email to an ongoing but different email thread. It seems that this not possible anymore or at least I don't how to do it.
Thanks for anyone's advice.
Using New Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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why couldn't they have just left it the hell alone? it was fine the way it was!!! for the love of god if it aint broke don't fix it!!!!!!
Re-iterating @Michael W_258 - this feature loss is very disappointing.
Hi,
Thanks for your detailed reply. However, I don't want to copy a part of text I want the complete email as a file and add that to a new email. Option 2 looks like the option that could help (even though it is quite time consuming compared to the old way), but I can only save it in the email itself. The Beta version only allows me to save it but I cannot change the format and it automatically saves it as an EML file. Once I copy that, most of my receiver cannot open it..
Can you emphasize about the old functionality of copy and paste as in the e-mail? Is it not available in this beta version and will it be added soon?
Don't get me wrong, the new version of Outlook is really great but the missing of this copy past function is a big loss.
I'm having the same problem as of today. Why does Microsoft continue to change processes that were intuitive and easy to use and turn them into a multi-step process? This is so irritating and it's taking up a lot of my time. None of us should need workarounds for a function as basic as copy and paste. Fix it!
The ability to copy and paste an entire email as an attachment is important and needs to be added back to Outlook. A function I use all the time.