I like the look of the new Outlook for Mac. But the functionality of the Calendar seems to have lost a lot of things compared to the old Outlook. I can't Option-drag a meeting to create a copy on another day or a new time (it's a standard way of doing things on a Mac and worked in the old Outlook) I can't drag an event to another calendar in the section at left to move this event to this calendar. When creating a new event, there's no option to change the reminder time for the event. I have to create the event, save it, open it again, go the event options, change the reminder and I still have to click on two buttons to save the change. Way too much trouble. Am I missing a magic option somewhere? I'm working from home on a Mac, connected to an enterprise version of O365 at my university.

Microsoft Team, @Shyamal Debnath Is there still no copy and paste or option drag to duplicate an event in Outlook?! I held off upgrading for a year and a half for this reason alone, I've now been forced to use the new Outlook and still can't do this most basic of features. (That's clearly in high demand from your customers) Any fixes or timeline as promised? Cheers, HC

Hi @Tam3Smith - thank you. Yes, I saw the workaround, but there's not enough other compelling new stuff in the latest Outlook to make me want to change. And, it still doesn't explain or excuse this product development choice.

Hoping someone from Microsoft can confirm the level of effort, prioritization, and proposed timeline for when this feature will be included, given that it was added as a note in this past release. Seems pretty rare to add such a note to release notes, so I would hope this is coming ASAP.

Since the drag + option copy feature is available in the previous version, I am not switching. It is a feature I use frequently. The other improvements you mention aren't the least bit interesting to me.

Option-Drag to copy an event in the new Outlook for Mac?

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I like the look of the new Outlook for Mac. But the functionality of the Calendar seems to have lost a lot of things compared to the old Outlook.

I can't Option-drag a meeting to create a copy on another day or a new time (it's a standard way of doing things on a Mac and worked in the old Outlook)
I can't drag an event to another calendar in the section at left to move this event to this calendar.
When creating a new event, there's no option to change the reminder time for the event. I have to create the event, save it, open it again, go the event options, change the reminder and I still have to click on two buttons to save the change. Way too much trouble.

Am I missing a magic option somewhere?

I'm working from home on a Mac, connected to an enterprise version of O365 at my university.

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Hi Christian,

Thank you for posting your issue on Microsoft Community. There are several features that aren't yet available in the new Outlook experience and some known issues such as Mail and events can't be moved or copied between accounts. However, our product team is investigating this issue in the new Outlook for Mac. You may switch back by turning off the New Outlook switch to avoid this issue.

For detailed information see under Features not yet available in the new Outlook for Mac/Known issues

Your time and understanding will be highly appreciated.

Best regards,

Shyamal

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2022-03-14T09:54:06+00:00

Microsoft Team, @Shyamal Debnath

Is there still no copy and paste or option drag to duplicate an event in Outlook?!
I held off upgrading for a year and a half for this reason alone, I've now been forced to use the new Outlook and still can't do this most basic of features. (That's clearly in high demand from your customers)

Any fixes or timeline as promised?

Cheers,

HC
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2022-02-25T19:48:50+00:00

Hi @Tam3Smith - thank you. Yes, I saw the workaround, but there's not enough other compelling new stuff in the latest Outlook to make me want to change. And, it still doesn't explain or excuse this product development choice.
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2022-02-08T16:02:00+00:00

Hoping someone from Microsoft can confirm the level of effort, prioritization, and proposed timeline for when this feature will be included, given that it was added as a note in this past release. Seems pretty rare to add such a note to release notes, so I would hope this is coming ASAP.
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2022-02-01T01:09:25+00:00

Since the drag + option copy feature is available in the previous version, I am not switching. It is a feature I use frequently. The other improvements you mention aren't the least bit interesting to me.
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