How to change download destination in "New Outlook" (May 2023)

Anonymous
2023-05-18T14:24:14+00:00

I recently switched over to try the "New Outlook". In the older layout version of Outlook, when downloading an attachment I had multiple options on how that attachment could be saved to my computer. The main option I utilized was simply " Save As". In the "New Outlook" version, that option is no longer there. Is there a way to customize the options you see when downloading an attachment? Here are the options it gives:

  • Preview

-Edit in Browser

-Edit in Excel desktop app (it was an excel file in this case)

-Save to OneDrive

-Download

The old options would have:

-Preview

-Open

-Quick Print

-Save As

Save All Attachments

-Upload

-Remove Attachment

-Copy

-Select All

Really looking for the "Save As" option so I can navigate to the final destination folder.

Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-28T18:56:13+00:00

    Thanks for sharing your workaround.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-28T19:21:53+00:00

    You can always open the attachment and save as from there. The document folder will remain where you saved to last.

    If you print to PDF it will increase the file size in most cases as well.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-28T19:40:41+00:00

    Hi, thanks for info. I did a test with a 7kb file from New Outlook. I saved it with "Save to PDF" and it went down to 4kb. When I used Kofax "Power PDF" Print option (I use Kofax as a PDF Editor/reader), it went up to 335kb. So in this case, my file size went down by using the basic Save to PDF which I think was already on this Windows 11 installation. If not, it came out as an option from one of the printers setup on the computer. I guess it just depends on which PDF Printer option you have available.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-01T07:21:43+00:00

    It was available for a while but nevertheless it isn't anymore! @Microsoft why???

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-01T10:36:18+00:00

    I agree with comments left by other people. The download option is arguably the most important one. It is unbelievable that MS missed, and what is even more unbelievable is you haven't corrected this by now.

    Also with every forced windows update you automatically switch to new outlook, and users have to manually opt out again. Simply unbelievable.

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